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LAND & WATER 
August 10, 1916 
The beautiful interior of the Cathedral Church of Ypres, as it appeared before 
the War. It is now in hopeless ruins. This view is taken from an old engraving 
era, and the Wars immediately preceding it in the early 
part of the eighteenth century for examples. In regard 
to the partial destruction of Brussels at the end of the 
seventeenth century, when it was bombarded and set 
on fire by the forces of Marshal Villeroi, we read, " the 
Bruxellois did not waste time in lament over their battered 
city. They set to work with commendable promptitude 
to rebuild, and in a measure to reconstruct the ruined 
and battered buildings. In less than live years, we are 
told, scarcely a trace of the bombardment remained, 
although of course, the burned and wrecked buildings 
were not many of them yet replaced." 
To most visitors to Belgium the Grand Place. Brussels, 
with its many beautiful buildings, is well-known. But 
most of these buildings, which arc historic and form such. 
\-aluable examples of the architecture of the periods in 
which they were originally erected are comparatively 
modern, having been restored or rc-built from 
the original plans. Among them is the beautiful 
Maison du Roi or Broodhuis {" Bread Market ") 
originally erected in 1514-25 in the transition 
Gothic style, much damaged during the bombardment 
by Villeroi's troops, rebuilt in 1763, and afterwards 
most carefully and completely restored as recently as 
1873-90 by V. Jamaer. The same may be said of the 
famous and picturesque Guild Houses (notably that 
of the Shipmasters, seen in the light hand corner of the 
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