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Atomium, mennenken pis and grand place are most important tourist sites in brussels.
The early evaluation of grand place started in the 10th century with the starting of markets around it.
At the banks of senne river a fort named saint gery was constructed by the duke of lower lotharingia, this basically was the origin of brussels.
Near this fort an open air market was set up which was surrounded by sands on all the sides and this market was called as lower market or nedermarket this was at the end of 11th century.
After this phase the commercial developments started taking place in brussels.
The road on which the market was settled became the commercial road of brussels and was near by the port of seene river.
This road was also connected with the rhineland and country of flanders.
Three markets were also built on the north edge of grand place during the start of 13th century which included meat market, bread market and cloth market.
All these buildings were owned by the duke of brabant and he allowed the trading of goods even in worse weather conditions and he kept the track of all the sale of goods in order to gain taxes.
There are many buildings which surround the grand place.
The grand place saw another immense number of improvements from the 14th century which included local merchants and traders of upper class.
After sometime duke transferred the trade and mills to local authorities because of shortage of money.
The cities like mechelen and leuven which are the neighboring cities of brussels opened a large cloth market at the south of the square.
After a period of time the city destroyed many buildings surrounded the square.
The grand place became the municipal power from the year 1401 to 1455 when the brussels city hall was built in this time on the south of the square.
The brussels city hall is 96 meters high where the statue of saint michael is constructed which is 3 meters.
To show the municipal powers the duke constructed a large building near to city hall and showed the symbol of ducal power from 1504 to 1536.
And the development of houses by wealthy merchants increased around the square.
Marshal francois de neufville attacked and started the destruction of brussels with his french army on 13th august 1965 in order to destroy the rule of duke of villeroy.
The huge bombardment by the french army destroyed the grand place and adjacent cities.
While there was not affect to other buildings and town hall.
Town hall was the main target of the french army which was saved.
The city guilds reconstructed the square in the four years.
The efforts were taken by the governor of brussels and the city councilors.
They rebuilt the grand place with the combination of gothic, baroque and louis xiv styles.
The revolutionaries sacked the grand place again in the late 18th century and destroyed the symbols and noble statues of christianity, and the guildhalls were taken into seize by the state authorities and sold.
While in the 19th century efforts were taken by charles buls to reconstruct the buildings and the grand place reached it glory and magnificence.
Until 19th november, 1959 the grand place was served as a market and it is still known as grote market or great market.
You can also see the marks of sellers selling butter, cheese, herring, coal etc, which reflects the old history on the neighboring streets.
The flower carpet is one the beautiful tradition of the grand place.
There are millions of colorful flowers put in the place and made in the form of different catchy patterns and is one of the best tourist attractions.
The making of flower carpet takes place every two years in the month of august for few days and is 24 by 77 meters with a total area of 1,800 square meters.
The first flower carpet was set up in the year 1971 after this the awful tradition continued.
Brussels is the capital of belgium and one of the short break destinations with amazing attractions, stylish bars, tremendous food, and grand nightlife and shopping.
All kind of exhibitions and festivals are organized every year with huge celebrations.
It is also famous of mecca style and connected with many countries for trade and commercial proposes.
Most of the flights fly to brussels national airport.
Brussels is connected with many countries and european cities.
While there are some flights from uk and ireland use another airport known as charleroi airport which is located at the south of brussels.
There are services available to reach midi station from airport at the cost of 10 euros from there you can reach other destinations of brussels.
You can also hire a car in brussels you have to show your identity proof as passport or driving license to the drivers.
Tourist lodges and the hotels around brussels are very comfortable according to needs and requirements of tourists.
There are five star and three star hotels available with reasonable rates.
No pre booking it required for accommodation in brussels.
There are many facilities available in brussels which includes accepted travelers cheques, banks, atm facilities and many more.
End summer and autumn is the best time to visit this city of museums.
The grand place in brussels and the flower carpet surrounded the area is fantastic and one of the best site of brussels which gives a marvelous experience to the visitors.
It is one of the baffling experiences which one will never miss.
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