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Photo story: Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula

  • Editorial Team
  • June 25, 2018
  • 2 minute read

Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula is one of the main Brussels landmarks. Many tourists come to admire its beauty as well as the magnificent interior which includes many artifacts.

We decided to share some of the lovely photos of the Cathedral, posted on Instagram by tourists from all around the world. In order to better understand the urban transformations, we shared also some of the historical photos from the Instagram account Brussels Urbanografix which depicts the Cathedral and its environment in the period from 100 years ago…

A post shared by Carmen Salu (@carmen.salu) on Jun 22, 2018 at 8:58am PDT

A post shared by Scott Walker (@scottwalker__) on Jun 23, 2018 at 10:16am PDT

A post shared by Brittany (@brittanyrosemaryjones) on Jun 25, 2018 at 9:31am PDT

A post shared by Anna Sophia (@buckettravellist1) on Jun 15, 2018 at 5:28am PDT

A post shared by Aldo (@waldous) on Jun 15, 2018 at 11:58am PDT

A post shared by Joshua Smith (@joshuasmith1983) on Jun 16, 2018 at 9:30am PDT

A post shared by Buoa Rachamon (@le_chocolate) on Jun 17, 2018 at 7:08am PDT

A post shared by maximus Bx (@brussels_urbanografix) on May 24, 2018 at 2:05am PDT

People actually used to live next to the cathedral. The cathedral in its original, organic setting, before the whole neighbourhood was massacred by the railway works.

A post shared by maximus Bx (@brussels_urbanografix) on Jun 3, 2018 at 7:09am PDT

A post shared by maximus Bx (@brussels_urbanografix) on Jun 6, 2018 at 6:10am PDT

A look on the houses around our lovely cathedral, when they were still housed. Check the Brussels ket in his shorts!

A post shared by maximus Bx (@brussels_urbanografix) on Jun 14, 2018 at 4:17am PDT

1859! Must be the earliest photograph of Brussels posted on IG. Note the uniform housing giving out on the cathedral plaza and the minor building connected to the cathedral aisle.

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