Discover Brussels Cemetery not as a necropolis, but as a monumental mirror of the 19th century. This guided walk crosses a vast 30-hectare landscape park designed by Jules Anspach and Pierre Victor Jamaer as a break with older traditions. Starting from Avenue du Cimetière de Bruxelles, the route explores an innovative funerary urbanism, where broad avenues and winding paths lined with century-old trees structure the landscape.
The walk brings major figures of the period back to life, from neoclassical painter Jacques-Louis David to exiles of the Empire, while decoding the Franco-German and British diplomatic monuments scattered through this open-air museum. Today an essential ecological corridor, the site illustrates the shift towards sustainable management and the preservation of Brussels’ biodiversity.