11 Sights in Ixelles - Elsene, Belgium (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Ixelles - Elsene, Belgium! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Ixelles - Elsene. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

Sightseeing Tours in Ixelles - Elsene

1. Musée de la Porte de Hal - Hallepoort Museum

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The Halle Gate is a former medieval city gate and the last vestige of the second walls of Brussels, Belgium. Built between 1381 and 1383, it was heavily restored in the 19th century in its current neo-Gothic style by the architect Henri Beyaert. It is now a museum dedicated to the medieval City of Brussels, part of the Royal Museums of Art and History (RMAH).

Wikipedia: Halle Gate (EN), Website

2. Barthélemy de Theux de Meylandt (1794-1874)

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Barthélemy de Theux de Meylandt (1794-1874)

Barthélemy Théodore, Count de Theux de Meylandt was a Belgian Roman Catholic politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium three times. His family de Theux de Meylandt et Montjardin originated in Theux in 1341.

Wikipedia: Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (EN)

3. Parlamentarium

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The Parlamentarium, is the European Parliament's visitor centre, located in the Espace Léopold complex in Brussels, Belgium. It was officially opened on the 14th October 2011 by the former President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek, and hosts a permanent exhibition that features numerous multimedia components that explain the workings of the European Parliament and other European Union institutions on how laws are made and how member states work together. Situated on the Parliament's esplanade, the Parlamentarium is noted as the largest parliamentary visitors' centre in Europe and ranks second worldwide in size.

Wikipedia: Parlamentarium (EN), Website

4. Église Saints-Jean-et-Etienne aux Minimes - Sint-Jan en Sint-Stefaan Ter Miniemenkerk

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The Church of St. John and St. Stevens is a church in the Marolles district of Brussels. The church used to belong to a minimes monastery and is dedicated to Saint John and Saint Steven. It used to be known for its cult of Loreto, but now it is more famous for the classical music concerts that are given there.

Wikipedia: Sint-Jans en Sint-Stevenskerk der Miniemen (NL)

5. John Cockerill

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The Monument to John Cockerill is a group of statues erected in Brussels, Belgium, in memory of the Belgian-British industrialist John Cockerill, a pioneer of the steel industry and the railways in Belgium in the 19th century, as well as the industrial workers of Belgium.

Wikipedia: Monument to John Cockerill, Brussels (EN)

6. Wiels

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WIELS is a contemporary art centre in Forest, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium. The centre opened in 2007 in the former Blomme building, which belonged to the Wielemans-Ceuppens brewery. It has three exhibition platforms with a total exhibition space of 1,800 m2 (19,000 sq ft), an auditorium, studio workshops for artists-in-residence, and a café/foyer and bookshop in the former brewing hall.

Wikipedia: Wiels (EN), Website

7. Poelaert elevators

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The Poelaert Elevators, in popular language Elevators of the Marolles is a public elevator in the Marolles/Marollen district of Brussels, Belgium. It connects the lower and upper town at the Square Breughel l'Ancien/Breughel de Oudeplein with the Place Poelaert/Poelaertplein, in the vicinity of the Palace of Justice. The elevator consists of two independent elevators, hence the plural elevators sometimes used for its name.

Wikipedia: Poelaert Elevators (EN)

8. Francisco Ferrer

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Francisco Ferrer

The Francisco Ferrer Monument is a bronze statue of Free Thought, dedicated to the anarchist educational reformer Francisco Ferrer. Auguste Puttemans' work was founded in 1911, two years after Ferrer's hasty execution, and since 1984 has been located in the central reservation of the Avenue Franklin Roosevelt in Brussels, opposite the rectorate of the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Wikipedia: Monument Francisco Ferrer (NL)

9. Église Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gilliskerk

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Église Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gilliskerk

The Church of Saint-Gilles is a Catholic religious building located in the Brussels municipality of Saint-Gilles (Belgium) Built in an eclectic style in 1868, it is - successively - the third place of worship of the Catholic parish community.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Gilles de Bruxelles (FR)

10. Anglo-Belgian War Memorial

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The Anglo-Belgian War Memorial is a monument in Brussels, Belgium, which was commissioned by the British Imperial War Graves Commission and designed by the British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger. Unveiled in 1923 by the Prince of Wales, it commemorates the support given by the Belgian People to British prisoners of war during the First World War. It is located on the Place Poelaert/Poelaertplein near Brussels' Palace of Justice and the Belgian Infantry Memorial.

Wikipedia: Anglo-Belgian Memorial (Brussels) (EN)

11. Monument to the Belgian Infantry

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Monument to the Belgian Infantry

The Belgian Infantry Memorial is a monument in Brussels, Belgium, which stands in memory of the Belgian foot soldiers who fought in World War I and World War II. Designed by Edouard Vereycken, the memorial stands in front of Brussels' Palace of Justice and across the Place Poelaert/Poelaertplein from the Anglo-Belgian War Memorial. The memorial rests on a raised platform that overlooks Brussels' city centre. Translated into English, the inscription reads: "To the infantrymen who died for their country".

Wikipedia: Infantry Memorial (Brussels) (EN)

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