View of the Grand Place with the historical buildings - stock photo

The Grand Place with the historical buildings and the elaborately decorated 17th-century guildhalls (or guild houses) of the Grand Place on the right side of the photo from right to left: Le Pigeon, Le Marchand d'or and the King's House or Breadhouse (French: Maison du Roi) building containing the Museum of the City of Brussels. On the left side of the photo the buildings: Le Roy d'Espagne, La Brouette, Le Sac, La Louve. The Grand Place is occupied on each side by a number of guild houses, in addition to a few private houses. In their current form, they are largely the result of the reconstruction after the bombardment of 1695. The strongly structured facades with their rich sculptural decoration and their lavishly designed gables, with pilasters and balustrades, are based on Italian Baroque with some Flemish influences