Maison de la Bourse - De Borse, protected monument house in Brussels, Belgium
Maison de la Bourse - De Borse is a protected monument house on the east side of the Grand-Place in Brussels, Belgium. Its wide stone facade has three bays, three floors plus a mezzanine, and a small dormer window on the roof.
The house was built around 1697 after French troops destroyed the earlier buildings on the square in 1695. Later changes in 1770 gave it a neo-classical front, and restorations in the late 1800s and 1990 kept its historic appearance intact.
The busts of Duke Henri and Duke Jean II de Brabant on the facade connect the building to the city's old ruling family. On market days and during public events, this edge of the Grand-Place fills with stalls and crowds, and the house forms a backdrop to that daily street life.
Walking around the outside lets you see the carved stone details and the busts above the windows without needing to enter. Morning or late afternoon light brings out the shapes in the facade, and the flat square makes the building easy to reach on foot.
A stone cartouche on the facade carries the word 'Restauratum 1990', quietly marking the most recent major repair. Visitors often miss this small inscription while looking at the larger sculptures around it.
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