BrusselsPictures.com » Prison http://www.brusselspictures.com Photo Blog Covering the City of Brussels, Belgium Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:23:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Prison de Saint-Gilles http://www.brusselspictures.com/2009/06/16/prison-de-saint-gilles/ http://www.brusselspictures.com/2009/06/16/prison-de-saint-gilles/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:37:02 +0000 admin http://www.brusselspictures.com/?p=1127 The prison de Saint-Gilles, which replaced Carmes prison in the Sablon, was built between 1878 and 1884 and was the work of the engineer, Francois Derré the architect, Joseph Dumont. The jail is in a purely Tudor style that resembles a medieval castle or fort and was built according to the ideas of 19th century criminologists, including the first General Inspector of prisons, Edouard Ducpétiaux (1804-1869).

Location of Prison of Saint-Gilles:


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Photos of Prison de Saint-Gilles:

Main towers and entrance gate

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Definitely not what you would expect for a jail to look like…

Walls surrounding what is currently the biggest prison of Brussels

Corner shot

Main entrance again

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