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Guided tour: the Former Royal Observatory and its surroundings 

SUNDAY 02 OCTOBER 2022
at 12h
 

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Duration: 1h30

Price: 11€ / 5,50€ (reduced price) / Article 27

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Address: Homegrade - Place Quetelet 7, 1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

Bus 61, 65, 66 (Quetelet), Metro 2, 6 (Botanique/Kruidtuin), Tram 92, 93 (Botanique/Kruidtuin)


The building that today serves as Ixelles Town Hall has its origins in a delightful romance between the famous opera singer Maria Malibran (1808-1836) and the talented violinist Charles-Auguste de Bériot (1802-1870), who held the title, among others, of First Violinist to William I, King of the Netherlands from 1815 to 1840. In 1832, the couple purchased a plot of land in the country ( today Place Fernand Cocq) at Ixelles to build a house for themselves. They commissioned Belgian architect Charles Vander Straeten (1771-1834), who designed many buildings in Brussels under the Dutch regime, to draw up the plans. He created a splendid house surrounded by magnificent gardens that the locals soon nicknamed "Little Château d'Ixelles". Unfortunately, the famous couple were unable to enjoy their new home for long as Maria Malibran died tragically young in 1836.

Guided tour of the former Malibran Pavilion
 

 FRIDAY 07 OCTOBER 2022
at 16h30

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Duration: 45 min. 

Price: 11€/ 5,5€ (reduced price)/ Article 27

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Address: Chaussée d'Ixelles 168, 1050 Ixelles 

Bus 70, 71, 54 (Fernand Cocq)

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