Guestbook

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The invitation to sign the Guestbook (Livre d'or or Golden Book) is an appreciation of the Mayor. The people who sign are often heads of state, official personalities but it can also involve guests of honor of the City like, for example, artists or sportsmen.

This signature generally takes place in the office of the Mayor at the end of the visit. It is often accompanied with a photo session.

These Visitors' Books are made of leather with, on the cover, Saint-Michael, the symbol of the City. Each edge of the page is gilded. The Guestbooks are managed by the Protocol service and then kept by the Archives of the City.

3 Guestbooks can be consulted online. The 1st begins in 1843 and ends in 1967. The 2nd covers the 1967-1999 period. The last volume contains visits until 2010.

Instructions for use of the online Guestbook

The Visitors' Books of the City of Brussels can be browsed and searched online. You can turn the virtual pages by means of the mouse. The cursor (at the top) allows to go to other pages of the book.

A button allows a full page view. Another button allows to make a zoom. It is then possible to move this image with the mouse (by pressing on the left button of the mouse). Each page can be printed.

Warning: because of a binding problem of the book, the text of the first ten pages of the 1st volume is cut to the right. It is not due to a scanning problem.

• Part 1 (1843-1967)
• Part 2 (1967-1999)
• Part 3