Place des Martyrs (Brussels, Belgium)
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Name (Latin)
Place des Martyrs (Brussels, Belgium)
Other forms of name
Martyr's Square (Brussels, Belgium)
Place Saint-Michel (Brussels, Belgium)
Saint Michel Square (Brussels, Belgium)
Sint Michielsplein (Brussels, Belgium)
See Also From tracing topical name
Plazas Belgium
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1049291
Library of congress:
sh2018000504
Sources of Information
- Work cat: Valente Soares, P. La place des Martyrs, 2011:back cover (the Place Saint-Michel -became Place des Martyrs after the revolution in 1830- was first conceived in the final quarter of the 18th century)
- Wikipedia, viewed March 8, 2018(Place des Martyrs, Brussels; Martyrs' Square is a square in the centre of Brussels; originally named 'Place Saint-Michel' or 'Sint-Michielsplein' after Saint Michael, patron of the City of Brussels)
- Viamichelin, viewed March 8, 2018:tourist sites, Bruxelles (Place des Martyrs; designed in 1774-75 by Claude Antoine Fisco; the monument by Guillaume Geefs (1838) in the centre, is dedicated to those who died in the 1830 revolution while to the north stands a monument (1897) in tribute to Jenneval, author of the Belgian national anthem)