A little piece of history

If we look at the rue du Congrès that runs from opposite the column, in its centre, to the left, is the "place de la Liberté", or liberty square. Four roads lead off from this pretty, tree-lined square: rue de la presse, rue de l'enseignement, rue de l'association and the rue des cultes. Their names are highly evocative! If we go further, many of the adjoining streets also have names reminiscent of the birth of Belgium: rue du Moniteur, rue de la Tribune, rue de la Révolution, rue du Gouvernement provisoire and also the place des Barricades.