The international geography . h flows throughBrussels is not navigable, and water com-munication is carried on by a canal tothe Schelde. Since 1870, great public works have transformed Brusselsinto a beautiful city, the Senne has been built over to guard againstfloods, a great central street runs from the northern to the southernstations, and other new thoroughfares have been opened. Amongst themodern buildings the Palais de Justice (law courts), the Post Office, theExchange, and the National Bank are worthy of any capital, and amongstthe ancient buildings the Hotel de Ville (town hall), datin
The international geography . h flows throughBrussels is not navigable, and water com-munication is carried on by a canal tothe Schelde. Since 1870, great public works have transformed Brusselsinto a beautiful city, the Senne has been built over to guard againstfloods, a great central street runs from the northern to the southernstations, and other new thoroughfares have been opened. Amongst themodern buildings the Palais de Justice (law courts), the Post Office, theExchange, and the National Bank are worthy of any capital, and amongstthe ancient buildings the Hotel de Ville (town hall), dating from thefifteenth century, and the houses of the old trade corporations whichsurround the Grande Place form a magnificent artistic group not to berivalled elsewhere. Brussels contains several important picture galleries,valuable museums, an Academy of Sciences, Literature and Arts, auniversity, and other educational institutions, a Botanic garden andseveral theatres. It has thus become an intellectual as well as a political. Fig. 116.—Brussels and itsSuburbs. Belgium 229
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