A uniform neoclassical square laid out in 1774-1776 by Claude Fisco, near the Rue Neuve shopping street. More than 400 fighters of the 1830 Belgian Revolution are buried in a crypt beneath the cobblestones.
- Address
- Place des Martyrs, 1000 Brussels
- Hours
- Open any time
- Price
- Free
- Price level
- €
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- The square was first called Place Saint-Michel after the city's patron saint; it was renamed for the dead of the September Days of 1830
- The Theatre des Martyrs is on the square; the Flemish Government's offices fill much of the rest