Place des Barricades

Place des Barricades (French)
Barricadenplein (Dutch)
	The Place des Barricades/Barricadenplein with the statue of Andreas Vesalius in its centre
	Location within Brussels Place des Barricades (Belgium)
Type	Square
Location	City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Quarter	Freedom Quarter
Postal code	1000
Coordinates	50°51′05″N 04°22′03″E / 50.85139°N 4.36750°E

TypeSquare

LocationCity of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

QuarterFreedom Quarter

Postal code1000

The Place des Barricades (French, pronounced [plas de ba.ʁi.kad]) or Barricadenplein (Dutch, pronounced [ˈbɑrɪka:də(n)ˌplɛin]), meaning "Barricades' Square", is a historic square in the Freedom Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. Its current name refers to the barricades of the September Days of the Belgian Revolution of 1830. In its centre stands a statue of Andreas Vesalius.^[1]

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v t e Belgian Revolution and the independence of Belgium (1830–1839)
Belgian Revolution	Belgian Revolution Rattachism Orangism La muette de Portici (August 1830) La Brabançonne (August 1830) Provisional Government of Belgium (September 1830 – February 1831) National Congress of Belgium (November 1830) Constitution of Belgium (February 1831)
First Belgian monarchs	Érasme, Baron Surlet de Chokier (Regent; February 1831 – July 1831) Leopold I (King of the Belgians; July 1831 – December 1865)
Important figures	Charles Niellon Alexandre Dechet (Jenneval) Frédéric de Mérode Juan Van Halen (see also List of members of the National Congress)
Provisional Government	Alexandre Gendebien André Jolly Charles Rogier Louis de Potter Sylvain Van de Weyer Feuillien de Coppin Félix de Mérode Joseph Vanderlinden Emmanuel Van der Linden d'Hooghvorst
de Gerlache Government	Étienne Constantin de Gerlache Charles de Brouckère Alexandre Gendebien Albert Goblet d'Alviella Sylvain Van de Weyer
Lebeau I Government	Joseph Lebeau Étienne de Sauvage Charles de Brouckère Paul Devaux
United Kingdom of the Netherlands	King William I Prince William Ten Days' Campaign (August 1831) Siege of Antwerp (1832)
Treaties	London Conference of 1830 Treaty of the Eighteen Articles (1831) Treaty of London (1839) Treaty of Maastricht (1843) Iron Rhine Treaty (1873)
Monuments and honours	Monument to the Martyrs of the 1830 Revolution Congress Column Civic Guard Merit Medal 1830 Star of Honour Iron Cross 1830 Volunteers' Commemorative Cross

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The Place des Barricades/Barricadenplein with the statue of Andreas Vesalius in its centre
Location within Brussels Show map of Brussels Place des Barricades (Belgium) Show map of Belgium
Type	Square
Location	City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Quarter	Freedom Quarter
Postal code	1000
Coordinates	50°51′05″N 04°22′03″E / 50.85139°N 4.36750°E / 50.85139; 4.36750