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5 unusual facts about Ixelles


Chaussée de Wavre

The Chaussée de Wavre (French) or Waversesteenweg (Dutch) in Brussels, Belgium is a major street crossing the municipalities of Ixelles, Etterbeek and Auderghem.

It starts at a crossroad with the Chaussée d'Ixelles near the Porte de Namur square in Ixelles, goes down to the Place Jourdan in Etterbeek, then goes up to the La Chasse crossroad, continues to the Arsenal crossroad with the greater ring road.

Gabriel Van Dievoet

He settled initially rue Faider, then at the 91, rue Souveraine at Ixelles, Brussels.

Radu Bălescu

He studied at the Titu Maiorescu high school, in Bucharest (1943 – 1948) and the Athénée Royal d'Ixelles (1948 – 1950).

Virginie Bovie

She lived in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode and Ixelles, suburbs of Brussels that were favored by artists.


Hippolyte de la Charlerie

In 1868, de la Charlerie was one of the founding members of the avant-gardist Société Libre des Beaux-Arts, but died only a year later in Ixelles, a fashionable suburb of Brussels favored by artists.


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