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Saint-Gilles Municipal Hall

Coordinates: 50°49′28″N 4°20′45″E / 50.82444°N 4.34583°E / 50.82444; 4.34583
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Saint-Gilles Municipal Hall
  • Hôtel communal de Saint-Gilles (French)
  • Gemeentehuis van Sint-Gillis (Dutch)
Saint-Gilles' Municipal Hall
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General information
TypeMunicipal hall
LocationPlace Maurice Van Meenen / Maurice Van Meenenplein 39
Town or city1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels-Capital Region
CountryBelgium
Coordinates50°49′28″N 4°20′45″E / 50.82444°N 4.34583°E / 50.82444; 4.34583
Design and construction
Architect(s)Albert Dumont [fr]

The Municipal Hall (French: Hôtel communal; Dutch: Gemeentehuis) of Saint-Gilles is the municipal hall building and the seat of that municipality of Brussels, Belgium. Designed by the architect Albert Dumont [fr] in neo-Flemish Renaissance style and completed in 1904, it is located at 39, place Maurice Van Meenen/Maurice Van Meenenplein.[1] This site is served by the premetro (underground tram) station Horta on lines 3 and 4, as well as the tram stop Lombardie/Lombardije (on lines 81 and 97).[2][3]

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Citations

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  1. ^ "Hôtel de ville de Saint-Gilles – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French). Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Line 81 direction MONTGOMERY - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Line 97 direction LOUISE - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

Bibliography

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  • Herman Stynen (red.), Het huis in het midden. Gemeentehuizen van de Brusselse agglomeratie, in Monografieën Bouwkundig Erfgoed, vol. 4 (Brussels: King Baudouin Foundation), 1988, p. 95–103
  • Serge Govaert e.a., Hôtel de ville de Saint-Gilles. Centenaire 1904-2004. Approche historique et patrimoniale = Stadhuis van Sint-Gillis. Eeuwfeest 1904-2004. Geschiedkundige en patrimoniële benadering, 2004, 143 p. ill.
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