Brussels is with 142,000 inhabitants the capital of Belgium. When Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, inherits the Duchy of Brabant in 1430, he makes Brussels the capital of his kingdom. During this time the Gothic town hall and the first guild houses at the great square are built.
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Major attractions are still the Saint Michel Cathedral and the Atomium in Laeken, the symbol of the Universal Exhibition of 1958. The nine spheres of the 165 billion times magnification of an iron molecule are together 102 meters high and 2400 tons.
The "Manneken Pis", a 60 cm-tall bronze statue in the old town is very popular.
Other attractions include the Arc de Triomphe in Cinquantenaire Park, the Art-Ceco-Sacre Coeur Basilica, the stock market, the Brussels Royal Castle with the park, the Mont des Arts, the Palace of Justice, the castle with the greenhouses in Laeken and the building of the European Union in the European district Leopold.Particularly striking is the Art Nouveau style which dominates the town.
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