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The Grand Place (French: Grand-Place or Grand Place, Dutch: Grote Markt) is the central market square of Brussels. It is surrounded by guild houses, the city's spectacular Town Hall and the Breadhouse (Dutch: ''Broodhuis'', French: ''Maison du Roi''). The square is the most important tourist destination and most memorable landmark in Brussels next to the Atomium. (...)

The small ring of Brussels (, ) is series of roadways in downtown Brussels surrounding the historic city centre. It was built on the site of the Brussels's second set of walls, built in the 16th century, after they were torn down. The small ring and the area within it are often called the pentagon, as it has a pentagonal shape. The small ring is about 8 km long (...)

The Town Hall (French: ''Hôtel de Ville'', Dutch: ''Stadhuis'') of Brussels, Belgium, stands on that city's famous Grand Place. The oldest part of the present Town Hall is its east wing (to the left, when facing the front). This wing, together with a small belfry, was built from 1402 to 1420 under direction of Jacob van Thienen, and future additions were not originally foreseen (...)