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Photographer’s Note

The Koninklijke Sint-Hubertusgalerijen (Dutch) or Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert (French) is a glazed shopping arcade in Brussels that preceded other famous 19th-century shopping arcades such as the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan and The Passage in St Petersburg.

Like them it has twin regular façades with distant origins in Vasari's long narrow street-like courtyard of the Uffizi, Florence, with glazed arcaded shopfronts separated by pilasters and two upper floors, all in an Italianate Cinquecento style, under an arched glass-paned roof with a delicate cast-iron framework. The gallery consists of two mayor sections, each more than 100 meters in length (respectively called Galerie du Roi/Koningsgalerij, meaning King's Gallery, and Galerie de la Reine/Koninginnegalerij, meaning Queen's Gallery), and a smaller side gallery (Galerie des Princes/Prinsengalerij, meaning Gallery of the Princes). The main sections (King and Queen's Gallery) are separated by a colonnade at the point where the Rue des Bouchers/Beenhouwersstraat crosses the gallery complex.

All info on internet. More literature of this gorgeous gallery with tomorrow's post.

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robiuk (10763) 2008-10-16 16:04

Huh Maria, what a sudden jump - from Spain to Belgium!
;-D
No critiques so far, after 27 looks?!?
Hey, people, can't you see this is a such a rich reflection
shot full of details and interesting lines, lovely
transition from inside to outside (that is still inside,
as in 'under the roof', as in arcade shopping centre)?
No taste for this type of photo? No like these diagonals?
Thanks Maria, always a pleasure to have a look at your
interesting work,
Robi

Clementi (45929) 2008-10-17 5:02

Ciao Maria,
fantastici riflessi , ottimo pov ed eccezionali colori.
ottimo lavoro
Giorgio