Le “Roy d’Espagne”, built in 1697, was originally the baker’s guild headquarter. It was named after the bust of Charles II which decorates the 2nd floor facade. Charles II was King of Spain in 1697 and sovereign of the southern Netherlands, which then included today’s Belgium. Force, wheat, wind, fire, water and security, all indispensable for bakers, are represented on the front (from left to right) by statues above the balustrades. On the ground floor, above the entrance, Saint-Aubert, patron saint of bakers watches.
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