The "Galeries Royales Saint Hubert" (Royal St Hubert Galleries) in Bruxelles

The St. Hubert gallery is a fine example of a typical kind of building of the 19th century: the covered shopping gallery. Between 1820 and 1880 seven of these galleries were built in Brussels. Three of these have survived: the St. Hubert gallery, the Bortier gallery and the Northern Passage.
These galleries had a double function: the ground-level was almost always occupied by shops, whereas the upper section (first and second floors) were reserved for apartments and habitation.The gallery was officially opened on June the 20th 1847. The gallery consisted of two major parts which were called the King's gallery (Galerie du Roi) and the Queen's gallery (Galerie de la reine)

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