Architecture of Belgium  

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Canonical: Victor Horta, Renaat Braem, Jacques Moeschal

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Examples of Belgian architecture include the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (980s) the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles (1046), the Tournai Cathedral and the 15th-century Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp and, as well as the Brussels Grand Place.

In Antwerp there is the Antwerp City Hall (1565), the Royal Museum of Fine Arts (1890) and the Antwerpen-Centraal railway station (1905).

Famous Art Nouveau architects Victor Horta (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tournai, 1928) and Henry van de Velde (Boekentoren, ) influenced early 20th-century architecture in Belgium and abroad.

In Ghent there is the City Pavilion (2012), in Brussels the Atomium (1958) and in Liège the Liège-Guillemins railway station (2009).

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