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Map of BrusselsA look at the map of Brussels..
When you take a look at the map of Brussels you'll notice that the old historical "Grand Place" lies in the very center of this beautiful city. Brussels isn't only the capital of Belgium but also of the European Union. It has its origin in the Middle Ages, and was called "Broeksele"then. In those days it was just a small Flemish village, now it has 1 million inhabitants. You can see on the modern map of Brussels that a lot of churches, chapels, convents and other historic buildings are situated around the medieval "Grand Place". When you examine the buildings on the deatailed map of Brussels, you can see that north of the historic center there is the Opera House, the "Bourse", The Post Office, while south are the Magdalena Chapel, the Anneesens Tower, the Manneken Pis statue, the Zavel Church and the Palais de Justice. On a big map of Brussels you can also see the suburbs and surrounding towns. Many of them are beautiful places with a lot to see. Some of them: Anderlecht with the Erasmus House, Grimbergen with its "Tommen mill", Grand Bigard with its unique 16th centrury castle, Steenokkerzeel with the castle of Ham and last but not least the town of Waterloo where the famous Napoleon was defeated.
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