Historical heritage unit

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The management of the real estate property is a regional matter, governed by the Brussels Code of the Town and country planning (CoBAT) of May 13th, 2004.

The Ministry of the Region of Brussels Capital has, within the Administration of the Town and country planning and Housing, a competent Management of Monuments and Sites for all the questions relative to the conservation of real estate property.

The unit Historical heritage of the City of Brussels also develops activities in this domain.

The function of the unit Historical heritage

This function concerns:

The administrative proceduresconnected to the status of the protected patrimonial goods:

• The demands of classification and registration on the protection list for goods situated on the municipal territory
• The preparation of the notices on the projects of classification or the registration on the protection list of goods situated on the municipal territory
• Diverse contacts with the Management of Monuments and Sites (collaborations, information exchanges, researches)

The management of certain protected patrimonial goods belonging to the City:

• The City Hall
• The Maison du Roi
• The facades of the houses of the Grand-Place
• The Costume and Lace Museum
• The Toone Theatre
• The Patrician House, Rue du Chène
• The vestiges of first surrounding wall of the city
• Churches (19 buildings) and presbyteries (5 buildings) of the municipality
• 290 public buildings
• 60 fountains (only as regards the architectural part, the technical is for the unit Special Techniques)
• Certain archaeological vestiges
• ...

The assistance to the study and management of the patrimonial goods:

• The municipal buildings for the Section Maintenance of Building - general Management: day-nurseries and schools, the Archives of the City,...
• The protected goods rented by the City with the Trade Department and the Municipal Property Management Agency: Clèves-Ravenstein, first Municipal house of Laeken, several houses classified in the historic centre, among which some on the Grand-Place,...
• Pavements, places and parks, street furniture, the plate of the Grand-Place, the green spaces, the lighting of monuments, squares, streets of the historic centre
• The establishment of administrative and technical files and more specifically specifications for the maintenance, the restoration and the development of goods
• In-depth studies intended to improve the management of the architectural heritage on the territory of the municipality
• The notices and the useful expertise for the management of the goods
• The follow-up of construction site