First published 1914 Porte De Hal Brussels Belgium
The Porte de Hal (French) or Hallepoort (Dutch) is a medieval fortified city gate of the second walls of Brussels. Built in 1381, Halle Gate is a 14th century city gate from the second set of defensive walls that enclosed Brussels. The gate was named for the city of Halle (French: Hal) in Flemish Brabant which it faces. The original gate included a portcullis and drawbridge over a moat. The structures that housed these are still visible. While the other six gateways and the defensive walls were demolished, the Halle Gate survived as it was used as a prison. It was at other times used as a customs house, for grain storage, and a Lutheran church.
Size: 2808px × 3791px
Photo credit: © SOTK2011 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
Keywords: -fashioned, 0riginal, 14th, 1914, 20th, 2d, age, aged, ancient, antiquarian, antique, antiquity, art, artistic, belgium, black, book, brabant, brussels, bw, bygone, central, century, church, city, color, colour, copy, customs, de, defensive, dot, drawbridge, drawing, empire, enclosed, europe, european, figure, forifion, formal, fort, fortified, front, gate, grain, graphic, hal, halftone, hallepoort, heritage, historic, historical, history, house, illustrated, illustration, image, lutheran, medieval, moat., monotone, national, obscure, obsolete, paper, period, photo, photograph, pictorial, picture, portcullis, porte, portrait, pre, press, print, printed, printing, prison., publication, publicity, published, rare, real, realism, realistic, reference, relief, replica, represent, repro, reproduction, retro, romantic, screen, social, standard, storage, studio, style, time, title, union, unusual, vintage, walls, white
