Porte de Hal (French) or Hallepoort (Dutch) is a city gate of the 2nd wall of Brussels. It was built in 1381 and is named after the city of Halle which it faces. This is the surviving gate as it was once used as a prison and so had a purpose whilst the others were destroyed. The outside appearance has changed over the years with the roof being restructured in the 1800's.
Porte de Hal, Brussels, Belgium.
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