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The Municipal Hall (French: Hôtel communal; Dutch: Gemeentehuis) of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean is the municipal hall building and the seat of that municipality of Brussels, Belgium. Designed by the architect Jean-Baptiste Janssens in an eclectic style of Greco-Roman and Renaissance inspiration and completed in 1889, it is located at 20, rue du Comte ...
The Church of St. John the Baptist (French: Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste; Dutch: Sint-Jan-de-Doperkerk) is a Catholic parish church in the centre of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium. It is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, the patron saint of Molenbeek.
Moreover, several rundown industrial buildings have been renovated and converted into prime real estate and other community functions. Examples include: The Fonderie, a former smelter of the Compagnie des Bronzes de Bruxelles, operational from 1854 to 1979, now home to Brussels' Museum of Industry and Labour. The museum focuses on the industry ...
Depuydt Elbaum, Livia (2002), L'incendie de l'église Saint Jean-Baptiste du Béguinage de Bruxelles du 25 novembre 2000 - Intervention et Bilan (PDF) (in French), Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage; Simons, Walter (2003). Cities of ladies: Beguine communities in the medieval low countries, 1200–1565. Philadelphia: University of ...
The Place Jean Rey was included in plans for the Justus Lipsius building (headquarters of the Council of the European Union) in 1984. Its construction was delayed due to controversies about the area around the Justus Lipsius, legal difficulties, and failed schemes such as plans to demolish a large residential area.
The Clinique Saint-Jean or Kliniek Sint-Jan , meaning "Saint John Clinic", and historically known as the Saint-Jean-op-de-Poel hospital, is a private non-profit district general hospital located in central Brussels, Belgium. Founded in 1195, [1] it is Brussels' oldest hospital. [2]
This vast, eclectic-style church is the only new parish church built inside the Pentagon (historic centre of Brussels) since the end of the Ancien Régime. Stylistically, it is inspired by 16th-century French churches , such as the Church of St. Eustache in Paris, which combine a Gothic structure with Renaissance and Baroque decoration.
According to former Brussels Minister of the Environment and Energy, Évelyne Huytebroek, it is the largest park to be developed in Brussels since the time of King Leopold II. [ 22 ] Residential apartments were added to Tour & Taxis in 2017, 31 of which were sold to the City of Brussels for use as subsidised housing. [ 23 ]