Brussels Town Hall Tower, Belgium Stock Image

The Town Hall of the City of Brussels is a Gothic building from the Middle Ages. It is located on the famous Grand Place The 96-metre-high 315 ft tower in Brabantine Gothic style emerged from the plans of Jan van Ruysbroek, the court architect of Philip the Good. By 1454 this tower replacing the older belfry was complete. Above the roof of the Town Hall, the square tower body narrows to a lavishly pinnacled octagonal openwork. Atop the spire stands a 5-metre-high gilt metal statue of the archangel Michael, patron saint of Brussels, slaying a dragon or devil.