➡In 1695, Brussels was the victim of a terrible fire started voluntarily by Marshal de Villeroy acting under the orders of Louis XIV. A fire that changed the face of the city forever.

Chapters:

0:00 Intro

0:49 The context: the League War of Augsburg

5:59 Brussels before the bombardment of 1695

7:35 August 1315, 1695: the bombardment and burning of Brussels

10:41 The toll of the fire

13:01 The reconstruction of Brussels

15:20 Epilogue

Bibliography:


Bruxelles à livre ouvert, Bruxelles, 1986, Bibliothèque Wittockiana.

CULOT M. (sous la dir.), Le bombardement de Bruxelles de 1695 par Louis XIV et la reconstruction qui s'en suivit. Bruxelles, 1992, Archives d'architectures modernes.

KERCKHOF V., BUSSERS H., BÜCKEN V., Le Peintre et l'Arpenteur, images de Bruxelles et de l'ancien duché de Brabant, Tournai, la Renaissance du Livre, 2001.

STENGERS J., Bruxelles, croissance d'une capitale, Anvers, Fonds Mercator, 1979.

All image and sound references are in the end credits. I also specify that some images are there for illustrative purposes.

Erratum: the War of Spanish Succession begins in 1701 and not 1700.

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