Renaissance Belgium & Netherlands and Spain and Portugal

• finest example of Renaissance architecture in the city

• -brick architecture with strapwork decorations

• Gran Arsenal, Gdansk, Poland (1609)

• GUILD HOUSES, Grand’ Place, Brussels (1600)

• TOWNHALL, Antwerp (1561)

• TOWN HALL, Amsterdam (1665)

Belgian-Baroque and Rococo fantasies indicating

the wealth of craftsmen and tradesmen

• Gran Arsenal, Gdansk, Poland (1609)

• GUILD HOUSES, Grand’ Place, Brussels (1600)

• TOWNHALL, Antwerp (1561)

• TOWN HALL, Amsterdam (1665)

Flemish and Italianate Renaissance
• symmetrical, with elegant proportions to the facade

UNESCO World Heritage, 1999

• Gran Arsenal, Gdansk, Poland (1609)

• GUILD HOUSES, Grand’ Place, Brussels (1600)

• TOWNHALL, Antwerp (1561)

• TOWN HALL, Amsterdam (1665)

built of blocks of light sandstone

• Gran Arsenal, Gdansk, Poland (1609)

• GUILD HOUSES, Grand’ Place, Brussels (1600)

• TOWNHALL, Antwerp (1561)

• TOWN HALL, Amsterdam (1665)

was a market for fresh ox meat
brick architecture

• VLEESHAL, Harlem (1603)

• RUBENS’S HOUSE, Antwerp (1610)

• BASILIEK van Scherpenheuvel (1609)

• S. CHARLES BORROMEO, Antwerp (1626)

-home and studio of renowned Baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens

-Renaissance Baroque style

-courtyard is one of the most florid architectural creations of the
period and influenced by Italian Baroque style

• VLEESHAL, Harlem (1603)

• RUBENS’S HOUSE, Antwerp (1610)

• BASILIEK van Scherpenheuvel (1609)

• S. CHARLES BORROMEO, Antwerp (1626)

-pilgrimage church
• dome with golden stars

• VLEESHAL, Harlem (1603)

• RUBENS’S HOUSE, Antwerp (1610)

• BASILIEK van Scherpenheuvel (1609)

• S. CHARLES BORROMEO, Antwerp (1626)

inspired by Church of the Gesu in Rome
• built in sandstone

• VLEESHAL, Harlem (1603)

• RUBENS’S HOUSE, Antwerp (1610)

• BASILIEK van Scherpenheuvel (1609)

• S. CHARLES BORROMEO, Antwerp (1626)

the largest Protestant church in the Netherlands.
The tower is the focal element emphasizing

the main axis of symmetry

Rembrandt van Rijn was buried here on October 8, 1669

• WEST CHURCH, Amsterdam (1620)

• THE ROYAL HOSPITAL (now Parador de Santiago) 1492

• TOWN HALL, Tarazona (1563

• CASA DE AYUNTAMIENTO, Seville (1527)

the oldest hotel in the world

now one of Europe's most luxurious and historic hotels
built for the worn-out pilgrims arriving in Santiago

by Enrique Egas in Plateresque Style

• WEST CHURCH, Amsterdam (1620)

• THE ROYAL HOSPITAL (now Parador de Santiago) 1492

• TOWN HALL, Tarazona (1563

• CASA DE AYUNTAMIENTO, Seville (1527)