[Leica] Nathan's PAD 12/6/2017: Brussels, ugly and beautiful

[Nathan Wajsman]

As I just wrote to Douglas off-list, Grand’ Place precedes the colonial period by about 200 years. The buildings reflect the wealth of the guilds and the importance of Brussels as an economic centre in the 17th century.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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> On 14 Jun 2017, at 05:15, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:
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>> On Jun 13, 2017, at 5:36 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
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>> Nathan, nice images of a lovely square. Mind you, it was apparently built with blood money. Having just re-read Conrad's Heart of Darkness, it's hard to reconcile the wonderful gilded architecture with King Leopold's savagery against the Congolese around the same time.
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> The price of grandiosity and high culture?
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> fond regards,
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> George
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