www.anderlecht.be
- Anderlecht is situated to the North East of Brussells. Between Molenbeeck-St Jean in the North and Uccle in the South.
Borough of Anderlecht-
Belgium
The current teritory of Anderlecht was made of different
villages of which Cureghem and Anderlecht (historical
center). Actually, it development began around the road of
Mons with the villages of Cureghem and Veeweyde, which was
further in the countryside.
Along the centuries, the three garden city of Anderlecht
(La Roue, Moortebeek and Bon Air) developed.
Then, according to the principles of urbanism (Athena
charter: sun, space and green areas are the three first
materials of urbanism) urban areas like Peterbos were
built.
In Anderlecht, you will find out: a Romanesque collegiate
church, a Romanesque Crypt, Saint-Guidon tomb, a gothic
collegiate, stained glass windows made at different
periods, buildings od the XVIII century, a hundred tomb
stones and funerary monuments, the Vandenpeereboom house,
the museum of old Beguin Convent, the china street and its
artist circuit, Art Nouveau in Cureghem, abattoirs, wine
cellar of Cureghem, the house of Erasmus, its collection
and its garden…
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