Anneessens Tower

En un regard

Le château en bref

Anneessens Tower, on the Boulevard de l'Empereur in Brussels, is one of the four towers of the first city wall (13th century, a project attributed to Duke Henry I of Brabant) that survive in their entirety. Set at an almost right angle to the wall, it offers a field of fire of about 245° instead of the usual 180°. Its upper level, raised in brick and crowned with a pepper-pot roof, may date back to the 16th century. It takes its name from François Anneessens, dean of the guilds, who is said to have been imprisoned there before his execution in 1719. Uncovered at the end of the 19th century during the demolitions for the North–South Connection, it was restored in 1967, then cleaned and consolidated in 2006.