- Materials. Stone. The Black Tower (French: Tour Noire; Dutch: Zwarte Toren) is a medieval tower in central Brussels, Belgium.
- Tour Noire (Black Tower) is a ruin from the 13th century defensive fortifications that surrounded Brussels during the Middle Ages.
- Indeed, Brussels ’ Black Tower is diminished and dwarfed by a relatively bland modern hotel building that appears to have been constructed around it.
- Visiting the Black Tower is like finding a portal to medieval Brussels, offering a glimpse into the past where knights, merchants, and intrigue filled the air.
- The Black Tower is the remains of the walled fortifications of medieval Brussels. It’s an extraordinarily well preserved round tower.
- The Black Tower is the remains of the walled fortifications of medieval Brussels. It’s an extraordinarily well preserved round tower.
- It was the first major wall around Brussels. The Black Tower is one of the few remaining pieces of that wall.
- Tour Noire (Black Tower) is a ruin from the 13th century defensive fortifications that surrounded Brussels during the Middle Ages.
- The Black Tower is a medieval tower in central Brussels, Belgium. It is one of the best preserved remains of the first fortifications of Brussels, built at the start of...
- The tower was saved from demolition simply because it could be used as a storage facility and nowadays houses a little museum devoted to the old port of Brussels.