P400 - Belgium - The Town Hall in Antwerpen

The Town Hall, Antwerpen, Belgium

The City Hall of Antwerp, Belgium, stands on the western side of Antwerp's Grote Markt (Great Market Square). Erected between 1561 and 1565 to the design of Cornelis Floris de Vriendt and several other architects and artists, this Renaissance building incorporates both Flemish and Italian influences.
The low arcaded ground story is of rusticated stone, and at one time housed little shops. Above are two stories with Doric and Ionic columns separating large mullioned windows, and a fourth story forming an open gallery.
The richly ornamented center section, which rises above the eaves in diminishing stages, holds female statues representing Justice, Prudence, and the Virgin Mary, and bears the coats of arms of the Duchy of Brabant, the Spanish Habsburgs, and the Margraviate of Antwerp.

安特卫普（荷蘭文：Antwerpen；法文：Anvers）是比利时最重要的商业中心、港口城市和法蘭德斯地区的首府。它有472,071 居民（2008年1月），市區面積204.51平方公里，是比利时第二大城市。都市區面積1449平方公里，人口1,190,769人(2008年1月)。

安德卫普是一个文化古城，安德卫普市政厅是1561—1564年建造的文艺复兴时期的建筑。在大厅里可以欣赏到描述安特卫普历史事件的壁画。市政厅前面的广场中央，有一个附有布拉沃塑像的喷泉。布拉沃(Brabo)是布拉班特这个名字的起源，本是古代罗马士兵的名字。把在斯海尔德河作乱的“巨人的手ant”切断，“扔掉werpen”，安特卫普就是由这个传说而得。

References sources : wikipedia