Brussels Gate (Brusselse Poort) Dendermonde

The Brusselse Poort forms the entrance to the city park and, together with the Mechelse Poort, is one of the two remaining gates of the former fortress belt around the city.
The Brusselse Poort that you can now admire is therefore the inner gate of 1822. It was built as a triumphal arch in neoclassical style. It has a solid brick core and is covered with sand-lime brick. Bluestone is incorporated in the arch frame, decorative frames and entablature. The wrought iron and cast iron retrieval mechanism has also been preserved.
(City of Dendermonde)

The original Brussels Gate was already mentioned in 1295-1296 as one of the four city gates of the walled and walled city. It was located southeast of the city on Brusselsestraat, the exit road to Brussels.After the destruction during the siege of Ghent in 1380, the damage during the siege of 1584 and the subsequent repairs, the medieval city gate was finally demolished in 1822.

This neoclassical triumphal arch was built in 1822 as part of the Wellington Barrier, a defensive line against France under Dutch rule. Designed by Captain-Engineer Cornelis Alewijn, it served as the entrance to the fortified town of Dendermonde.