architecture
Mechelen City Hall
Mechelen, Flanders, Belgium
Architecture
built
14th century
style/period
work type
1300–1474
since 1474
form/concept
material
technique
architect / constr. phase
1311-1326
transformation of the 13th century cloth hall, extending it to a U-shaped building complex
1342
restauration and addition of a second story after a fire in 1342 with the belfry remaining unfinished
Specifications
area
3 321 m²
Geography
local language location name
location:
Mechelen [Dutch]
Malines [French]
country:
België [Dutch]
Belgique [French]
Belgien [German]
historical affiliations
1300-1795
1300-1430
1430-1477
1477-1556
1556-1714
1714-1794
1795-1815
1815-1830
UNESCO World Heritage Site
type
cultural
criteria
II,
VI
designation
reference
943bis-015