Brussels Arts Nouveaux

Culture and History tour in Brussels

Tour Price : €350 Duration : 8 hours Languages: English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Swedish

5 heures , 200,00 euros,
40,00 pour chaque heure supplémentaire

 
Dans les années 1960/1970, après l'Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles, quelques entrepreneurs du bâtiment, aidés par quelques élus locaux, décident de donner à Bruxelles un "nouveau look". A peu près à la même époque, Bruxelles fut choisie pour devenir la "Capitale de l'Europe" ou Capitale de "l'Union Européenne" appelée "Marché Commun" dans ces années-là.

Bruxelles a donc subi les effets d'un véritable carnage architectural ! Des espaces magnifiques et de belles maisons, tout simplement disparus, souvent la nuit, sans autorisation officielle. Les amendes ou pénalités étaient beaucoup moins chères que toutes les procédures administratives.

An artistic or cultural heritage is a bit like when a till gets empty, we start to appreciate the coins left. The last contractor who destroyed a house, avenue de Tervueren, was sentenced to rebuild the house "like it was"....now, we have a hole there since about twenty years..... But it worked!

Responsible people realized that most of our heritage was gone and, at once, we "discovered" our local, but recent, architectural monuments. I have to cenfess that, as a kid, I never heard the name of "HORTA" as a precursor. For some economical reasons, just like someone inherits a castle, many houses were empty for a while, hard to heat and to maintain, then, finally bought for "peanuts" and restored privately. This way, most of the houses don't accept any visits, but at least reminds proudly!

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We will start, or end, our tour at Place Royale, visiting the new "Instruments Museum" This house, alled "Old England" was a sophisticated clothing gallery in the 20th. Century. According to the time of the day, we will visit the Horta Museum. Visits are possible from 02.00pm, on appointment. All together, we will have the opportunity to admire more than 30 "Art Nouveau" heritages.

Marvelous structure of the "Old England " edifice built in 1886. This splendid Art Nouveau Building by the architect Paul Saintenoy and the neo-classical by B. Guimard. This was built for the British firm "Old England ". Today it became a famous Instrumentals Museum

La maison de l'architecte et décorateur Paul Coachie date de 1905 et possède une façade remarquable presque entièrement décorée en Sgraffite, une technique proche de la peinture à fresque.
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