This route reads the urban landscape as a space shaped by power, social representations and the city’s evolution. From the surroundings of the Royal Palace to the open perspectives of Brussels Park, visitors discover a landscape where architecture and social history are closely intertwined.
The city can be read here as a landscape palimpsest: every façade, axis and square adds a layer of successive urban landscapes, bearing witness to social hierarchies, periods and political ambitions. The palaces structured the urban organisation and helped shape Brussels’ identity.
The route highlights landscape transitions between aristocratic power and contemporary uses, between closed spaces and shared open landscapes. It reveals an urban landscape in constant change, where architecture becomes both memory and social trace.