BRUXELLES - BRUSSELS
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1893-97

Address : 6, rue P.-E. Janson, 1050 Brussels
(close to avenue Louise) (map) (orientation : NO)

Style : Art Nouveau

Visits : very rare (enquire at the Horta Museum)

Comment : the first Art Nouveau building in the world ; excellent renovation in 1982-85

Web links :

• Comments
• Comments + pictures
• Pictures and plans
• Period pictures : (1) - (2)
• Pictures of the staircase : (1) - (2)
• Pictures : (1) - (2)

GREENHOUSES OF THE LAEKEN ROYAL PALACE

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1876 / 1890

Address : Palais Royal de Laeken, Bruxelles (north) (metro : Heysel + 15 min. walk) (map)

Style : pre-Art Nouveau (steel and glass)

Visits : A few days each year, in April or May.
(Information : tel. +32-2-513.89.40 / +32-2-551.20.20)

Comment : Balat has been a teacher of V. Horta, which explains quite a few features of Horta's style.

Web links :

• Official website
• Comments (in French)
• Comments + pictures (in French) - Idem
• Pictures : (1) - (2)
• Video

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Address : 266 Ch. de Haecht - 1030 Brussels (map)

Visits : should be possible in Autumn 2004

Web links :

• Official website
• Pictures: (1)
• Comments + pictures - Idem (in FR + NL)

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1902

Address : Parc Léopold (137 rue Belliard - metro Maelbeek) (map) (PDF map)

Style : pre-Art Nouveau

Visits : no, except for specific public events (exhibitions, etc.)
Tel: +32-2-738.75.96 - Fax: +32-2-738.29.85 (information)

Comment : remarkably restaurated in 1991 after being neglected for 10 years ; it is the first building of the "scientific park" (comprising facilities of the Brussels University) established in the Parc Léopold from 1892 owing to the patronage of Ernest Solvay, and which extended the use of the Parc Léopold as a zoo in the middle of the XIXth century.

Web links :

• Official website (with interior picture)
• History
• Obscure comments
• Pictures: (1) -

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1898-1901

Address : 25, rue Américaine, 1060 Bruxelles
(close to avenue Louise) (Orientation : NE) (map)

Style : Art Nouveau

Visits : from 14:00 to 17:30 ; closed on Mondays (tel. : 02 / 537.16.92)

Comment : Double house, comprising both V. Horta's home and his workshop (from 1901 to 1919). Well preserved.
Also hosts the association "Les Amis du Musée Horta", which organises conferences, visits, etc.

Web links :

• Picture of the bottom of the stairs - Another one
• Picture taken from the top of the stairs - Another one
• Picture of the stained glass above the stairsr
• Comments on the Horta Museum, with pictures -- Idem -- Idem (in French)
• Pictures of various works of Horta
• Information and links about V. Horta, with a list of his main works
• Various pictures
• Pictures : (1) - (2)
• Detail of the foot of the main stair of Horta's (demolished) People's House, visible in the basement of the Horta Museum
• 360° picture

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1895-1897
1899-1900

Address : 4 (and 2), av. Palmerston, 1000 Bruxelles
(Quartier Nord-Est) (orientation : S) (tél. +32-2/237.11.11 ou +32-2-230.43.85) (map)

Style : Art Nouveau

Visits : normally not (except during Heritage Days, etc.)

Comment : No. 2 (on the corner) is an extension added in 1899-1900, in order to add an office and a billiard room. Until 1920, No. 2 communicated internally with No. 4. The Eastern wing (including a garage) was built in 1900-1901.

Web links :

• Pictures : (1) - (2) - (3) - (4) - (5)
• Various pictures (outside) : 1 - 2
• Period picture (inverted left/right !)

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1896-99

Address : 3, av. Palmerston, 1000 Bruxelles
(Quartier Nord-Est) (orientation : N,E) (map)

Style : Art Nouveau

Visits : no

Comment : strongly altered, except for the lateral façade (nice service entrance)

Web links : Pictures of the façade

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1894-98

Address : 224, av. Louise, 1050 Bruxelles
(orientation : SO) (tel. : +32-2-647.37.33) (map)

Style : Art Nouveau

Visits : only by appointment (for groups)

Comment : the masterpiece of Victor Horta, perfecty maintained and restored in its original condition ; listed on the World Heritage List

Web links :

• Official website
• Comments
• Pictures : (1) - (2) - (3) - (4) - (5)
• Period picture
• Picture of the façade before renovation
• Pictures of the main stairs : 1 - 2 - 5 - 6 - 7
• Picture of the dining room
• Picture of the winter garden
• Plans : 1 - 2

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1909-12

Address : 11-13, rue d'Arenberg, 1000 Bruxelles
(center - metro Gare Centrale / De Brouckère) (Orientation : NE) (map)

Style : Art Nouveau

Visits : no (only for bank clients)

Comments : Most of the furniture of the former showroom was reinstalled in the Arts and History Museum in the Cinquantenaire Park (room 52 ?), where many Art Nouveau and art Deco artefacts are on display (tel.+32-2-741.72.11).
The Cinquantenaire Park also contains a small buidling by Horta, housing the "Passions humaines" frieze of Jef Lambeaux (1899) (visits by appointment at the Arts and History Museum).

Web links :

• Pictures of the façade
• Pictures: (1)

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1903-06

Address : 20, rue des Sables, 1000 Bruxelles (center)
(orientation : SO) (map)

Style : Art Nouveau

Visits : restaurated and converted into Belgian Comic Strip Center (CBBD), open from 10 to 18 h (closed on Mondays) (tel. +32-2-219.19.80). A small exhibition on Art Nouveau is located on the ground floor (free admission).

Comment : former textile store (which explains the importance of natural lighting)

Web links :

• Comments - Idem (in French)
• Pictures : (1) - (2) - (3)
• Official CBBD website
• Video

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1901-03

Address : 80, av. Brugman, 1050 Bruxelles (orientation : O) (map)

Style : Art Nouveau

Visits : no

Comment : artist workshop, which explains the huge window in the façade

Web links :

• Pictures : (1)
• Door handle (2nd picture)

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1897

Address : 48, rue Defacqz, 1050 Bruxelles (map)
(close to 'avenue Louise) (orientation : NO)

Style : Art Nouveau

Visits : no

Comment : interesting sgraffiti on the façade

Web links :

• Pictures : (1) - (2) - (3) - (4)
• Biography of Ciamberlani (+ small picture of the house)

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1896

Address : 13, rue Royale, 1000 Bruxelles (map)
(center ; metro Parc ; trams 92-93-94 ; bus 29-63) (orientation : O)

Style : Art Nouveau

Visits : for customers only (florist)

Comment : former house, of which the ground floor was turned into a shop in 1898 ; exceptional shop window and door ; recently renovated

Web links :

• Picture of the façade
• Comments on the restauration

1902

Address : 38, Av. du Général De Gaulle, 1050 Brussels (close to Place Flagey) (map)

Style : Art Nouveau

Web links : Pictures: (1)

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1894

Address : 13, rue de Florence (corner with rue de Livourne - 48), 1050 Brussels (close to avenue Louise) (map)

Style : Art Nouveau (esp. inside)

Visits : no

Web links :

• Period picture (1930)
• Pictures : (2) - (3) - (4)

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1903

Address : 11, Sq. Ambiorix, 1000 Bruxelles (map)
(Quartier Nord-Est) (orientation : S)

Style : Art Nouveau

Visits : no

Comment : very narrow house (4 m) ; copied in Antwerp (Cogels-Osy avenue) ; recently renovated

Web links :

• Explanations (in French) and picture
• Pictures : (1)
• Comments (with pictures of the interior)

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Address : 61-65 Av. L. Bertrand, Schaerbeek (Brussels) (map)

Style : Art Nouveau

Visits : open to clients

Comment : great ironwork outside ; other houses in the same avenue (esp. No. 43) are also interesting

Web link : Pictures : (1)

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1897-1900

Address : 40, rue St Ghislain, 1000 Bruxelles (map)
(close to the Palais de Justice - metro Louise) (Orientation : SO)

Style : Art Nouveau

Visits : no (except during Heritage Days, etc.)

Web links : Pictures of the façade

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Address : basement of the Royal Library, Mont des Arts, Bruxelles (metro Gare Centrale)

Style : Art Nouveau

Visits : yes

Comment : reconstitution of H. van de Velde's workplace

Web link : General comments on H. van de Velde

(Currently Musical Instrument Museum -- MIM)

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1899

Address : 2, rue Montagne de la Cour (Cantersteen), 1000 Bruxelles (close to Place Royale ; metro Gare Centrale or Parc) (Orientation : S) (map)

Style : Art Nouveau

Visits : yes (MIM) - Tél. +32-2-545.01.30 - Fax +32-2-545.01.78

Comments : well renovated in 1995

Web links :

• Pictures : (1)
• Picture before renovation
• Official MIM website

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1903

Address : 1, Av. de la Jonction (corner with Av. Brugman), St Gilles (Brussels) (Orientation : SE) (map)

Style : Art Nouveau

Visits : yes (photography gallery : "Espace Contretype") (tel. 02/538.42.20) ; renting possible for events (info : Julie Achedjian - +32-2-513.78.27, or Evelyne Biver, +32-2-538.42.20)

Comment : stained glass by Gallé ; a part of the furniture is now in the Musée d'Orsay (Paris)

Web links :

• Official website of Espace Contretype
• Picture: (1)
• Comments + pictures (in French)

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1894-97

Address : 66, rue Hôtel des Monnaies, St Gilles (Brussels) (Orientation : NO) (map)

Style : Art Nouveau

Visits : no (anyway, the interior was severely altered)

Web link : Pictures of the façade

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1903-05

Address : 346, av. Louise, 1050 Bruxelles (Orientation : O) (map)

Style : late Art Nouveau

Visits : no

Web links :

• Picture of the façade
• Pictures : (1)

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1902

Address : corner Rue du Pesage - Av. F. Roosevelt (close to No. 86), 1050 Bruxelles (map)

Style : eclectic Art Nouveau

Visits : no

Comment : This is the only building which survived the (fire of the) international exhibition held in 1910 ; it is now listed and was very well renovated in 1999.; it is out of alignment with neighbouring houses on the Roosevelt avenue because this house was meant to be located on a (never built) roundabout.

Web links :

• Obscure comments (in French)
• Pictures

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1905

Address : 5, rue des Francs, 1040 Bruxelles (map)
(close to the Cinquantenaire Park ; metro Mérode) (orientation : NE)

Style : Viennese secession / Mackintosh

Visits : yes, during the first week-end of each month, from 11 to 18h, or on appointment for groups (tel. : +32-2-673.15.06 or +32-2-733.86.84)

Comment : Façade decorated with abundant sgraffiti, remarkably restaurated (outside and inside) around 1990.

Web links :

• Pictures : (1)

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1904

Address : 316, rue Royale, 1210 Bruxelles (tel. 02/217.06.14) (map)
(close to the Botanic Garden ; metro Botanique ; trams 92-93-94)

Style : Viennese secession / Jugendstil

Visits : open to clients (from 11:00 to 2:00)

Comment : The ground floor (including the restaurant) was redesigned by Hamesse in 1904 (the building itself is older ; it was a former masonic lodge)

Web links :

• Pictures : (1)
• Commercial website

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1906-11

Address : 275, av. de Tervuren, Bruxelles (close to Square Montgomery - metro Montgomery) (Orientation : NE) (map)

Style : Viennese secession

Visits : no (private property)

Comment : friezes by Klimt in the dining room, furniture and decoration by the Wiener Werkstätte (this is their masterpiece)

Web links :

• Period pictures : (1) - (2)
• Comments
• Pictures : (1) - (2)
• Article Wikepedia

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1905-10

Address : 3, rue Gineste, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (between the Botanic Garden and place Rogier ; metro Rogier) (map)

Style : Art Deco

Visits : guests only

Comment : the first concrete builing built in Brussels

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1913

Address : 85, Bd. Anspach, 1000 Bruxelles (metro Bourse) (tél. 02/501.67.76) (map)

Comment : Formerly the first cinema of Brussels (from 1913 to 1973), restaurated in the 1990s and currently used by the National Theater.

Visits : for theater guests only

Web links :

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1903-16

Address : 19-25 rue Henri Maus, 1000 Bruxelles (tel. +32-2-511.87.89 / +32-2-511.98.77) (map) (metro Bourse)

Style : Art Nouveau / Jugendstil

Comment : house originally built in 1883, and redecorated in Jugendstil in 1903 (with a second phase -- neoclassical -- in 1916 or 1919)

Visits : bar / restaurant open from 10:30 to 3:00 from Mo. to Fr. ; from 10:30 to 5:00 on Sat. and Sundays

Web links : Pictures : (1) - (2) - (3)

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1922-28

Address : Ravenstein, 1000 Brussels (map)
(metro : Parc or Gare Centrale) (Orientation : NO)

Style : Art Deco

Visits : yes (guided tours at spzecific times)

Web links :

• Official website
• Pictures : (1) - (2)

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1924-29

Address : 41, Av. Léo Errera, 1180 Bruxelles (map)

Style : Dutch Art Deco

Visits : Sunday from 13 to 18h ; Monday from 14 to 18h ; gardens every day from 14 to 17h30
also from Tuesday to Saturday for groups (by appointment) ; admission fee 7,5 EUR ;
(tel. : +32-2-343.48.51) ; the gardens may be hired for private events

Comment : Perectly maintained ; carpets by Dufy, lighting appliances by Lalique ; the garden labyrinth dates back to 1968

Web links :

• Official website
• Comments + pictures

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1931

Address : 67, av. Franklin Roosevelt, 1050 Bruxelles (map)
(close to the Bois de la Cambre)

Style : Art Deco

Visits : yes

Comment : located in Avenue F. Roosevelt, created in 1922, which constitues a very coherent set of buildings of the 20s and 30s. The Empain hotel was recently (superbly) renovated.

Web links :

• Official website (Boghossian foundation)
• Comments (in French)
• Information onthe "hindu villa" built for Empain in Heliopolis (Cairo) by A. Marcel in 1905-07 : (1)

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1922-28

Address : 155, rue de la Loi, 1000 Bruxelles (map)
(metro : Schuman or Maelbeek) (Orientation : NE)

Style : Art Deco

Visits : free access to the patio (nice Art Deco fountain) and the cafetaria

Comment : Former luxury apartment complex, with theater, swimming pool (well preserved), etc. The façade on the Rue de la Loi has been defigured in the 1970s, and the patio was recently covered with a horrendous glass roof.

Web links :

• Virtual guided tour
• History
• Picture

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1936-38

Address : 284 rue Royale, Bruxelles (map) (corner with rue St François ; metro Botanique)

Style : International / Art Deco (influence of the Amsterdam School)

Visits : no

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1910

Address : 53, rue Henri Wafelaerts, St Gilles (map) (close to Avenue Brugmann ; trams 3, 23, 55, 81, 82, 90)

Style : Art Deco

Web link : Comments + map (near the middle of the page)

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1925

Address : 14, rue Defacqz, 1000 Bruxelles (map) (close to Avenue Louise) (tel: +32-2-544 08 33 ; fax: +32-2-544 08 35 ; e-mail : info@art-media.org)

Style : oriental Art Déco (inside)

Visits : during exhibitions (art gallery) ; may be rented

Web links :

• Official website

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1921-69

Address : between Avenue Charles-Quint and Boulevard Leopold II, Brussels (metro : Simonis) (map)

Style : néo-byzantine Art Deco (?)

Visits : From Easter until the end of October, on Sudays and holidays from 14:00 to 17:00 ; in July-Aug. from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 18:00 ; panorama (50 FB)

Comment : 5th largest church in the world by its size

Orientation : SE (main façade ; otherwise 360°)

Web links :

• Comments + picture
• Pictures : (1) - (2) - (3)

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1935

Address : Square de l'Atomium, Brussels (map) (north ; metro Heysel) (Orientation : SE)

Style : industrial Art Deco

Visits : during exhibitions, trade shows, etc.

Comment : Central building of a whole resort designed for the international exhibition held on 1935 (later extended), reused notably for the 1958 universal exhibition (cf. nearby Atomium) ; exquisite reinforced concrete parabolic arches inside.

Web links :

• Pictures : (1) - (2) - (3)
• Picture taken during the 1958 exhibition (with temporary façade)

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1926-29

Address : 183, Av. Ch. Woeste, Jette (map) (north of Brussels)

Style : Art Deco

Visits : no

Comment : nice little private house

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1932-35

Address : Altitude Cent, Forest (map) (south of Brussels)

Style : Art Deco

Visits : yes (weekdays from 15:00 to 19:00)

Comments : church listed in 1988 after having faced destruction ; renovated in 1996-97

Web links : Panoramic view

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1929

Address : 28, Av. Marie-Jeanne, Rhode-St-Genèse (map)
(10 km south of Brussels)

Style : modernism

Visits : ?

Web link : Pictures

(now FLAGEY cultural centre)

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1933-39

Address : Place Flagey, Ixelles (Brussels) (map)

Style : late Art Deco

Comments : former building of the Belgian radio and television (initially INR, then RTB and BRT)

Visits : yes

Web links :

• Pictures : (1)
• Official website

ANVERS - ANTWERP - ANTWERPEN
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1894-1914

Address : Cogels-Osy Lei (avenue) and surrounding streets, Berchem
(close to the Berchem railway station, in the south-eastern suburbs of Antwerp) (map)

Style : Art Nouveau, neo-renaissance, neo-gothic, neo-byzantine, etc.

Comment : District highly diversified regarding its architecture, which became trendy in the 1980s after many years of decay and abandonment

Web links :

• Comments + pictures
• Comments + pictures (in German)
• Pictures : 5 - 6

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1901

Address : 40 Volkstraat, Antwerp (close to the Fine Arts museum, south to the city centre) (Orientation : S) (map)

Style : Art Nouveau

Visits : no

Comment : remarkable façade, renovated around 1995 ; the interior has been modernised (currently a school)

Web link : Paper containing comments and pictures of Antwerp's "People's house" (PDF file)

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1895-1905

Address : end of De Keyser Laan, Antwerp (city center) (Orientation : O and S) (map)

Style : just before Art Nouveau

Visits : yes (public building)

Comment : notice the opulence, diversity of materials, and the contrast between the neo-classic style of the main hall and the glass roof covering the platforms

Web links :

• Comments + pictures
• Comments

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1911-13

Address : 240, Lamorinièrestraat, Antwerp (map)

Style : Art Deco and others ; eclectic

Visits : accessible to clients, on appointment

Comment : banal façade, but suprisingly opulent interior decoration, inspired by numerous differnt styles

Web links: Comments + pictures: (1)

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1901

Address : on the corner of Schildersstraat and Plaatsnijdersstraat, Antwerp (close to the Fine Arts museum) (map)

Style : popular Art Nouveau ; notice the boot-shaped balcony (the first owner was a ship outfitter)

Web link : Comments + pictures

1926-27

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Address : 32, Populierenlaan, Antwerp (map)

Web links :

• Picture
• Model

AUTRES LOCALITES
OTHER TOWNS
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Address : Tournai (Enclos Saint-Martin ; Tél +32-2-69.22.40.23 - E-mail : musee.beaux-arts@tournai.be) (map)

Style : late Art Nouveau - Art Déco

Visits : yes

Comments : see the base of the entrance columns

Web links:

• Comments + pictures: (1)

**(interior)

1899-1910

Address : 37, rue de Nimy, Mons (tél. : 065/35.17.65) (map)

Style : French Art Nouveau

Visits : no (exceptional : heritage days, etc.)

Comment : transformation of an older house

Web links: Pictures: (1) - (2)

1898-1902

Address : 9-11 chaussée de Tournai, Renaix (map)

Style : Art Nouveau

Visits : no

Web links : Comments + pictures

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1900

Address : Bosstraat 9, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver (tél. : 015/755.190 ou 015/755.267) (map)

Style : early Art Nouveau

Visits : no (except on open door days, etc.)

Comment : remarkable winter garden (huge greenhouse)

Web links: Pictures: (1) - (2) - (3) - (4)

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1904

Address : 73, rue de la Station, Soignies (close to Mons) (tél. : 065/34.74.27) (map)

Style : minor Art Nouvea

Visits : accessible for customers (café-restaurant)

Comment : building listed in 1980

Web links: Pictures: (1) -

1903

Address : Bd Montefiore (?), Cointe (Liège) (map)

Style : Art Nouveau / Sécession

Visits : non

Web links: Pictures: (1) - (2)

1929

Address : Krijgslaan 124, 9000 Gent (Ghent - Gand) ; tel. +32-9-221.76.09 (map)

Visits : possible for groups of 15 people, or during exhibitions (villadebondt@pandora.be)

Web links:

• Official website
• Pictures : (1)

1899

Web links :

• Pictures : (1)

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