Arcade galleries in Brussels
The shopping galleries in Brussels are multiple covered walkways in the center of the capital city of Belgium. The galleries form glass-roofed pedestrian streets on which shops are situated.
History
[edit]Most of these gallery "passages" were built in the first half of the 19th century. Brussels had about 50 such galleries around 1850, of which a few still exist.
List of arcade galleries in Brussels
[edit]| Name | Construction finished | Image |
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| Bortier Gallery (Galerie Bortier / Bortiergalerij) | 1847 | 
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| Center Gallery (Galerie du centre / Centrumgalerij) | 1952 | 
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| Horta Gallery (Galerie Horta / Hortagalerij) | Officially designed by Victor Horta, but re-opened in 2009. | 
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| Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries (Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert / Koninklijke Sint-Hubertusgalerijen) | 1846 | 
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| Northern Passage (Passage du Nord / Noorddoorgang) | 1882 | 
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| Ravenstein Gallery (Galerie Ravenstein / Ravensteingalerij) | 1958 | 
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References
[edit]- (in Dutch) About the Horta Gallery
- (in Dutch) History about Ravenstein