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There was the Earthquake in Virginia, Anybody hear about the Brussels one today
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http://www.ilotsacre.be/images/Grand_Place.JPG
I am amazed at the angle of the "Hotel de Ville."
I knew that the building should not be standing because of a major engineering gaffe, but this!!!!
Anybody know what the construction stuff-up was?
The architect, when he saw it, went to the top of the tower and threw himself off onto the Grand Place below. It's how Olympic Diving was invented - or so we joked....
I am amazed at the angle of the "Hotel de Ville."
I knew that the building should not be standing because of a major engineering gaffe, but this!!!!
Anybody know what the construction stuff-up was?
The architect, when he saw it, went to the top of the tower and threw himself off onto the Grand Place below. It's how Olympic Diving was invented - or so we joked....
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.'The tower, its front archway and the main building facade are conspicuously off-centre relative to one another. According to legend, the architect upon discovering this "error" leapt to his death from the tower.'
http://en.wikipedia.o...ki/Brussels_Town_Hall
http://en.wikipedia.o...ki/Brussels_Town_Hall
http://en.wikipedia.o...lgium_Brussels_03.JPG
This image shows that the facade is assymetrical with more colonnades to the left (as you look) of the tower, than there are to the right.
This image shows that the facade is assymetrical with more colonnades to the left (as you look) of the tower, than there are to the right.
It is unlikely to be an error. The asyemetry must have been on purpose, through it does look a bit odd.
http://www.google.co....u_MYzzsgbt7bkB&zoom=1
http://www.google.co....u_MYzzsgbt7bkB&zoom=1
that's nothing - you should have seen it when I photographed it a few years back
http://imageshack.us/...sgrandplacetownh.jpg/
I've got a better camera now
http://imageshack.us/...sgrandplacetownh.jpg/
I've got a better camera now
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