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# Poelaert Square · OpenVibe.Tours

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# Poelaert Square

Poelaert Square, named after the architect of the adjacent Palace of Justice, is the largest square in Brussels and provides the best view point over the city.

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![Poelaert Square](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6Z6AVM4897T834EE3XJKQ2G) Photo: Jean Housen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A20110712_bruxelles015.jpg) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)

- [**Directions** open the map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=50.83788&mlon=4.35227#map=16/50.83788/4.35227)
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## Why go

On the border between the upper and lower city, the square is on Gallows Hill (Galgenberg), where in Medieval Brussels convicts were executed on the gallows. Famously, anatomist Andreas Vesalius frequented Gallows Hill to collect corpses of executed convicts for his anatomical research.

Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Brussels/Pentagon)

## How to visit

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## Nearby

1. ![European Parliament](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M70HPQG25KX3BDF235G1VWHD?w=640)

    

   

   ### [European Parliament](/place/european-parliament-plc_WS7XQN5CWDQB33FJAK74M073VG)

   

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   Photo: Olaf Kosinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEuropa_Parlament_1985.jpg)
2. ![European Commission](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M70HPXWVR4FNV5JNBGRQW2MV?w=640)

    

   

   ### [European Commission](/place/european-commission-plc_D5RFC3CWQS244GQMQDA6RD67J5)

   

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   Photo: Cancillería Ecuador · CC BY-SA 2.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AReuni%C3%B3n_con_Vicepresidenta_de_la_Comisi%C3%B3n_Europea_y_Alta_Representante_para_la_Pol%C3%ADtica_Exterior_y_de_Seguridad_de_la_UE_%286856953422%29.jpg)
3. ![Manneken Pis](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6Z69F7X1F0YV8MEQXKBYHRQ?w=640)

    

   

   ### [Manneken Pis](/place/manneken-pis-plc_6D9FEMSA2X5KJ4H7RJ3C0X651Q)

   

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   Photo: Myrabella · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABruxelles_Manneken_Pis.jpg)
4. ![Grand-Place](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6Z6EDW1MK13PQZ9GP0ESEQ1?w=640)

    

   

   ### [Grand-Place](/place/grand-place-plc_ZCKDYHKB7X12N3E51ZH3XVQMSM)

   

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   Photo: Celuici · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGrand-Place%2C_Brussels_-_panorama%2C_June_2018.jpg)
5. ![Atomium](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M70HRPZJ7V05Q81VXXE6C2NE?w=640)

    

   

   ### [Atomium](/place/atomium-plc_6V9RKWWJQ66FF9JEC950T20781)

   

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   Photo: Zairon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALaeken_Atomium_06.jpg)
6. ![Stoclet Palace](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M70HWWAQGBE6NAQMV7V9N14Q?w=640)

    

   

   ### [Stoclet Palace](/place/stoclet-palace-plc_MSVX6W1R08539AQVBRD95YTTV0)

   

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   Photo: Busoni · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APalais_Stoclet%2C_vue_ensemble.JPG)

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