Major town houses of the architect Victor Horta, Brussels

Name: Major town houses of the architect Victor Horta
Address: Brussels, Belgium

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Art Nouveau architecture, Victor Horta, Unesco

Major town houses of the architect Victor Horta

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Major town houses of the architect Victor Horta, Brussels

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The major town houses of Victor Horta are four houses in the city of Brussels in Belgium, which have been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000. All four houses were designed and built by the Belgian architect Victor Horta, who pioneered the Art Nouveau style during the mid 1890s. ()

Local name: Habitations majeures de l'architecte Victor Horta Unesco: from 2000Coordinates: 50°49'0"N, 4°21'0"E

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Ixelles (Brugmann-Lepoutre)Brussels Belgium

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Major town houses of the architect Victor Horta – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Avenue Louise, Horta Museum, Forest National, La Cambre Abbey.

0.8 miNE
Shopping district, Shopping
Avenue Louise, Brussels
22 min walk • The Avenue Louise or Louizalaan is a major thoroughfare in Brussels, Belgium. It is located in the southern part of the City of Brussels, on the border with the municipality of Ixelles, where it runs south–east from the Place Louise/Louizaplein to the Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos, covering a distance of 2.7 km.
0.6 miNE
Museum, Art Nouveau architecture, History museum
Horta Museum, Brussels
15 min walk • The Horta Museum is a museum dedicated to the life and work of the Belgian Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta and his time. The museum is housed in Horta's former house and workshop, Maison & Atelier Horta, in the Brussels municipality of Saint-Gilles.
1.2 miSW
Sport venue, Sport, Concerts and shows
Forest National, Brussels
30 min walk • Forest National is a multi-purpose arena located in the municipality of Forest near Brussels, Belgium. The arena can hold more than 8,000 people. It hosts indoor sporting events as well as concerts done by a wide variety of artists.
1.1 miE
Monastery, Church
La Cambre Abbey, Brussels
29 min walk • La Cambre Abbey or Ter Kameren Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in the City of Brussels. It is located in the Maelbeek valley between the Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos and the Ixelles Ponds.
0.9 miW
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Stade Joseph Marien, Brussels
24 min walk • Stade Joseph Marien is a multi-use stadium in Brussels, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. The stadium holds 9,400 since 2018 and was opened in 1919.
0.5 miS
Museum, Art museum, History museum
Museum David and Alice van Buuren, Brussels
13 min walk • The Museum David and Alice Van Buuren is a private house, now a museum, built from 1924 to 1928 for banker and art collector David Van Buuren and his wife Alice in Uccle, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium.
1.1 miNW
Museum, Art museum, Art gallery
Wiels, Brussels
30 min walk • Wiels is a contemporary art centre situated in Forest, in the Brussels Capital Region, Belgium in a former brewery. The centre opened in 2007.
1.2 miNE
Park
Ixelles Ponds, Brussels
30 min walk • The Ixelles Ponds or Elsene Ponds are two freshwater ponds in the Brussels municipality of Ixelles. The ponds we can see today are those spared by a 19th-century campaign of drying the wetlands of the Maalbeek valley between La Cambre Abbey and Eugène Flagey Square.
0.9 miE
Street
Square du Bois, Brussels
23 min walk • The Square du Bois, also known as the Billionaire Square, is a private street in Brussels, Belgium. It belongs to the owners who live there and who bear the cost of maintenance, development and repair.
0.7 miNW
Park
Forest park, Brussels
18 min walk • Forest Park or Vorst Park is a park located in and named after the municipality of Forest in Brussels, Belgium. It was designed by Victor Besme and occupies an area of 13 hectares.
0.8 miW
Park
Duden Park, Brussels
22 min walk • Duden Park is a park located in the municipality of Forest in Brussels, Belgium. It covers 24 hectares and has a level difference of 45 metres, with its highest point being at an elevation of 90 metres.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Major town houses of the architect Victor Horta?

Nearby attractions include Notre-Dame de l'Annonciation - Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Boodschapkerk, Brussels (5 min walk), Museum David and Alice van Buuren, Brussels (13 min walk), Horta Museum, Brussels (15 min walk), Église de la Sainte-Trinité - Heilige Drievuldigheidskerk, Brussels (18 min walk).

How to get to Major town houses of the architect Victor Horta by public transport?

The nearest stations to Major town houses of the architect Victor Horta:

Tram

Molière • Lines: 92 (2 min walk)
Darwin • Lines: 92 (4 min walk)

Bus

Georges Brugmann • Lines: 60, N10 (6 min walk)
Marie Depage • Lines: 60, N10 (9 min walk)

Train

Albert (12 min walk)
Horta (17 min walk)

Metro

Hôtel des Monnaies - Munthof • Lines: 2, 6 (30 min walk)