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.
Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert
History[]
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[]
| Name | Construction finished | Image |
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| Bortier Gallery | 1847 | 
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| Center Gallery (Centrumgalerij / Galerie du centre) | 1952 | 
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| Horta Gallery | Officially designed by Victor Horta, but re-opened in 2009. | 
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| Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert | 1846 | 
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| Northern Passage (Passage du Nord / Noorddoorgang) | 1882 | 
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| Galeries Ravenstein | 1958 | 
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References[]
- (in Dutch)About the Horta Gallery
- (in Dutch)History about Ravenstein
Categories:
- Buildings and structures in Brussels
- Shopping malls in Belgium