Photo by Emil P. Albrecht 

 the; PORTE Bt BRUXEIvLKS : MAIvINE;S, BEIvGIUM 

 It is the solitary relic of the twelve ancient city gates and was rebuilt in the seventeenth 

 century. "No other land is richer in history or more affluent m art than is^ Belgium, in 

 none have devout, industrious, patriotic, and gifted sons told their country _s story more 

 attractively. By pen and in print, on canvas, in mural decoration, in sculpture, in inonuments 

 of bronze and marble, in fireplaces, and in wood-carving, the story may be read as in an 

 illuminated missal. Belfries, town-halls, churches, guild-houses, have each and all a ctiarm 

 of their own." From "Belgium, the Land of Art," by William EUiot Grittis. 



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