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Maisons du Monde (French pronunciation: [mɛzõ dy mõd(ə)], Houses of the world) is a French furniture and home decor company founded in Brest in 1996 by Xavier Marie. At the end of 2015, it had nearly 250 stores across France, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, and in Switzerland, of which more than 180 are in France.
Notable institutions include Godiva chocolatier and Maison Dandoy speculoos confectionery. One of the houses owned by the brewers' guild is home to a brewers' museum. In addition, the Museum of Cocoa and Chocolate (since 2014, Choco-Story Brussels) was founded in July 1998 in the De Valck building, at 9–11, rue de la Tête d'or ...
The museum is situated on the north side of the square, opposite Brussels' Town Hall, in the Maison du Roi ("King's House") or Broodhuis ("Bread House" or "Bread Hall"). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This building, erected between 1504 and 1536, was rebuilt in the 19th century in its current neo-Gothic style by the architect Victor Jamaer [ fr ] .
The Maison du Peuple (French, pronounced [mɛzɔ̃ dy pœpl]) or Volkshuis (Dutch, pronounced [ˈvɔlksˌɦœys]), both literally the "House of the People", was a public building located on the Place Emile Vandervelde / Emile Vanderveldeplein, in the Sablon/Zavel district of Brussels, Belgium.
This is an incomplete list of castles and châteaux in Belgium. [a] The Dutch word kasteel and the French word château refer both to fortified defensive buildings (castles proper) and to stately aristocratic homes (châteaux, manor houses or country houses).
The Villa Beau-Site, also known as the Nelissen House (French: Maison Nelissen; Dutch: Huis Nelissen), is a historic town house in Brussels, Belgium.It was built in 1905, in Art Nouveau style, as the private residence of Dutch-born architect Arthur Nelissen [] and his wife, soon after their wedding. [2]
The Horta Museum (French: Musée Horta; Dutch: Hortamuseum) is a museum in Brussels, Belgium, dedicated to the life and work of the architect Victor Horta and his time. The museum is housed in Horta's former town house and workshop (French: Maison et Atelier Horta, Dutch: Woning en Atelier Horta), built between 1898 and 1901, in Art Nouveau style.
The Maison Losseau is an Art Nouveau private house located in Mons, Belgium. Dating from the 18th century, it was renovated in Art Nouveau style in the early 1900s at the request of Léon Losseau by Paul Saintenoy .