architecture

Mechelen City Hall, Palace of the Grand Council

Mechelen, Flanders, Belgium

Paleis van de Grote Raad [Dutch]

Architecture

higher-level structure
Mechelen City Hall
built
1526
style/period
Brabantine Gothic, Neo-Gothic, Late Gothic
work type
1526–1794
assembly hall
since 1911
city hall / town hall
material
Euville limestone, Balzac limestone
technique
stonemasonry
architect / constr. phase
1526-1547
Rombout II Keldermans
construction started but stopped due to lack of funds
1900-1911

Architecture: Mechelen City Hall

built
14th century
culture
Flemish, Belgian
style/period
Gothic
work type
1300–1474
cloth hall
since 1474
city hall / town hall
form/concept
trapezoidal plan
material
Balegem stone, Massangis stone
technique
stonemasonry
architect / constr. phase
1311-1326
Willem de Amman
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

Specification: Mechelen City Hall

area
3 321 m²

Geography

Europe » Western Europe » Belgium » Flanders » Antwerp Province » Arrondissement Mechelen » Mechelen
local language location name
location:
Mechelen [Dutch]
Malines [French]
country:
België [Dutch]
Belgique [French]
Belgien [German]
historical affiliations
1526-1795
Holy Roman Empire
1526-1556
Habsburg Netherlands
1556-1714
Spanish Netherlands
1714-1794
Austrian Netherlands
1794-1815
France
1815-1830
United Kingdom of the Netherlands

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Old Cloth Hall with Belfry
type
cultural
criteria
II, VI
designation
reference
943bis-015