from the map, she looks like a shining pearl, embedded in the center of western Europe. This "central advantage" has won her numerous favor. The headquarters of the European economic entity and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are located here, which makes her enjoy the reputation of "the capital of Western Europe".
Brussels is also an ancient city with a long history and many places of interest. As early as 979 AD, Duke Charles chose Saint Geri Island on the Senna River to settle down, and Brussels developed around it. When Belgium became independent in 183, it was located as the capital. Strolling through the streets and alleys of Brussels, the magnificent ancient buildings are particularly eye-catching, and the Brussels Grand Plaza, which was built in the 12th century, shows the city's past glory with its unique charm. The square is located in the center of Brussels, covering an area of 3,4 square meters. The whole ground is paved with granite, and it is surrounded by buildings with different styles such as Gothic, Renaissance and Louis XIV. It is strewn at random and has unique scenery.
The Swan Cafe on the side of the square is a unique and meaningful building. This five-story building was originally a hotel, and the door was decorated with a white swan with wings flying. The swan is pure white and elegant, luxurious and generous, with infinite aesthetic feeling. In February 1845, Marx moved from Paris to Brussels and lived in a cafe. In April of the same year, Engels also came from Paris, and the cafe became an important activity place for two revolutionary instructors. "The * * * Communicatory Committee" and "German Workers' Association" were born here. Great works such as Outline on Feuerbach, German Ideology, Poverty of Philosophy and Manifesto of the Producer Party also appeared here, and a "ghost of * * * capitalism" roamed the west of the world and soon influenced the whole world.
The majestic Brussels City Hall is adjacent to the Swan Cafe. This typical ancient Fran Gothic building was built in 142, and it took 78 spring and autumn periods before it was completed in 148. The decoration in the hall is wonderful and wonderful. Here, portraits of historical celebrities from different periods and countries are gathered together, including the famous monarch of Belgium and the monarchs of Spain, the Netherlands, France and other countries that ruled Brussels. Napoleon's portrait is still so arrogant. The hall is like a museum, showing the changes of Belgian national history. The office of the city hall chief, set off by the bronze statue of King Louis XIV of France and the large oil painting by the famous painter Rubens, looks elegant and quaint, revealing the elegant artistic taste of the interior director.
The world-renowned statue of the "First Citizen of Brussels" stands in the Lane of River in Ai Du near the Grand Square. This is a lifelike bronze statue of a boy named Yu Lian. His hair is curly and fluffy, his small nose is tilted up, and his naked ass is round, and there is an arc of urine flowing like no one's watching. Its appearance, lovely, ridiculous and lovely. The statue is connected to the fountain, so the urine less than Lian will never be exhausted. During the carnival, when it's less than a day to pee beer, tourists scramble to grab a drink, which has a unique taste. About Yu Lian's life experience, there are various legends: some say that when robbers set fire, he extinguished Mars in one bubble and saved the whole city; Some say that when foreign invaders tried to blow up the city, Xiao Lian stepped forward, peed and doused the fuse, and he was killed by an arrow; Some said that he designed love stand to pee on the funeral home, which angered the passing goddess and made him pee forever. In 1698, the Bavarian Governor passed by here, thinking that he was standing naked in the biting cold wind, and gave him a gold dress to wear. This move attracted guests to follow suit. They rushed to give clothes with their own national characteristics to Xiao Lian, so that there were so many of his clothes that a museum was set up to collect them. Among them, there are two sets presented by China, one is the military uniform of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and the other is a set of Han people's double-breasted trousers and jackets specially presented by Beijing at the Millennium Celebration in Brussels in 1979. Every October 1 ST, I put on this dress when I am younger than Lian, and I look ridiculous and lovely.
After nearly a thousand years' vicissitudes, the Grand Plaza in Brussels is now the bustling area of the city and the activity center of the citizens. Every morning's flower market and every Sunday's bird market make the square like a natural grassland, with flowers blooming and birds contending, and a scene of spring overflowing and everything rejoicing.
The biennial "Flower Carpet Festival in the Grand Plaza" in August has become a great event for the citizens of Brussels. On the occasion of the "Carpet Festival", people in the square are like mountains and seas, and a group of paintings are in the fairyland. The center of the square is paved with colorful flowers into a huge rectangular "carpet", and three circular fountains are set in the middle of the "carpet", which reflects bright light waves like falling beads and splashing jade, forming a beautiful pattern of "flower carpet". The "flower carpet" consists of more than one million begonia. These colorful begonia flowers are all from rural fields in Ghent, about 1 kilometers from Brussels. They are carefully collected by flower farmers, transported to Brussels overnight, and carefully woven by gardeners to form a sea of flowers. In 1994, in order to celebrate the military emblem of the allied forces and the Belgian army-"Billon Brigade" in World War II. Brilliant sunshine makes this colorful "flower carpet" colorful and magnificent. The bunches of flowering crabapples and the intoxicating fragrance of flowers are more colorful and fragrant because of that unforgettable history.
The ancient and prosperous Brussels and the gorgeous square in Athens are fascinating and fascinating. The prestigious ancient buildings and magnificent modern buildings make people feel emotional and excited.
Function: Brussels Grand Plaza is a bustling market and a world of tourists in the general public square. There are many cafes, bars, seafood shops, cold drinks shops, clothing stores and flower shops inside and outside the building. Many of them are century-old stores, and Marx, Engels and Hugo were once the guests of the store. The current Brussels Grand Plaza plays a very important role in the entertainment life of citizens. Around the new year, this is the Christmas market, where people shop and revel; Every May, the annual "Summer Beach Volleyball Competition" in Brussels is held here. People pile up sand from the seaside in the open space of the square and feel the excitement of beach sports. Every two years in August, it is the "Grand Square Flower Carpet Festival". People cover the granite floor of the square with hundreds of tons of flower petals, and the square becomes a sea of flowers. Usually, the square is also a scene of birds and flowers: in the morning, the square is a flower market; In the evening, flowers go to birds and become a bird market. On the balcony on the second floor of the city hall, there are often new people who register their marriages in front of the mayor, then join hands to greet relatives, friends and tourists in the square, accept people's cheers and blessings, then get into the limousine and lead the motorcade around the square, whistling all the way to the street outside. These activities, these scenes, all contain rich humanistic interest and market sentiment, so you can't help but sigh with Hugo, the great writer: this is really a colorful stage.