Editing Culture of Belgium (section)

==Architecture==
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[[File:Tassel House stairway.JPG|thumb|Interior of the [[Hôtel Tassel]] in Brussels, by [[Victor Horta]] (1892–93)]]

Examples of Belgian architecture include the [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] [[Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles|Collegiate Church of St. Gertrude]] in [[Nivelles]] (1046) and the [[Tournai Cathedral|Cathedral of Our Lady]] in [[Tournai]], the [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] 15th-century [[Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp)|Cathedral of Our Lady]] in Antwerp and the [[Baroque]] [[Grand-Place|Grand-Place/Grote Markt]] (main square) in Brussels. [[Mosan style]] is typical of the architecture within the [[Prince-Bishopric of Liège]].

Belgian contributions to architecture also continued into the 19th and 20th centuries, including the work of [[Victor Horta]] and [[Henry van de Velde]], who were major initiators of the [[Art Nouveau]] style in Belgium and abroad.<ref name="ibivW">[http://www.senses-artnouveau.com/brussels.php Brussels, capital of Art Nouveau (page 1)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509094014/http://www.senses-artnouveau.com/brussels.php |date=9 May 2007}}, {{cite web|title=(page 2)|year=2007|publisher=Senses Art Nouveau Shop, Brussels|url=http://www.senses-artnouveau.com/brussels.php?page=2|access-date=11 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304211919/http://www.senses-artnouveau.com/brussels.php?page=2|archive-date=4 March 2007|url-status=live}} (for example)</ref><ref name="jIXeI">{{cite web|title=Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)|work=[[UNESCO]]'s [[World Heritage List]]|publisher=UNESCO|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1005|quote=The appearance of Art Nouveau in the closing years of the 19th century marked a decisive stage in the evolution of architecture, making possible subsequent developments, and the Town Houses of Victor Horta in Brussels bear exceptional witness to its radical new approach.|access-date=16 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513225235/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1005|archive-date=13 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>