It is the triumph entrance of the city through which the king Louis XIV of France (called the sun king : le Roi Soleil) went into the city in the 17th century, when he did conquest this part of Flanders which became then french.
On the left you can see the triumphal door of Paris (doors bear the names of the streets or roads whereon they are lead). Above the right part of the door you see the town-hall tower called Beffroi (Unesco mankind cultural heritage) and the old part of the town-hall. It was rebuilt after the first World War in a flamish neo-gothic style : look at the little tower which looks like the tower of a medieval castle !
Clara
