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This is a French-speaking Belgian branch of the Red Cross. This subsidiary organization of the Belgian Red Cross is also like Rode Kruis-Vlaanderens as it is a connected member of the International Red Cross and the Red Crescent Movement.
Schaerbeek counts a number of Art Deco and Art Nouveau houses, including the Autrique House, the first house built by Victor Horta in the Brussels area. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] The Municipal Hall of Schaerbeek , designed in neo-Flemish Renaissance style by the architect Jules Jacques Van Ysendyck [ fr ] , was inaugurated by King Leopold II in 1887.
The Rue Victor Hugo / Victor Hugostraat in Schaerbeek, Brussels. The Rue Victor Hugo (French, pronounced [ʁy viktɔʁ yɡo]) or Victor Hugostraat is a street in the Schaerbeek municipality of Brussels, Belgium. It is named after the French writer Victor Hugo, who spent his exile of 1851 to 1870 in Brussels.
The Halles de Schaerbeek or Hallen van Schaarbeek is a cultural centre in Brussels, Belgium. It is located at 22, rue Royale Sainte-Marie / Koninklijke Sinte-Mariastraat in Schaerbeek , in the former Sainte-Marie covered market, built in 1865 and destroyed by a fire in 1898.
Demey, Thierry (2013). Bruxelles, des remparts aux boulevards (in French). Brussels: Badeaux. ISBN 978-2-930609-02-7.; Eggericx, Laure; Van Quorie, Christine (1998). Les Boulevards extérieurs de la Place Rogier à la Porte de Hal.
The Combatant's Cross (French: "Croix du combattant") is a French decoration that recognizes, as its name implies, those who fought in combat for France. The Poilus (French combat soldiers) of World War I worked toward recognition by the government, of a special status to those who had participated in the bitter fighting of 1914–1918 (as ...
An area of window prostitution in Liège around the Rue du Champion and the Rue de l'Agneau near the river Meuse's west bank was closed down in 2009, leading to an increase in street prostitution in the area and around the Grande Poste. [17] Following the closure of the windows, about 180 prostitutes moved to Seraing. [18]
The 1914 – 1918 Fire Cross (Dutch: Vuurkruis 1914–1918, French: Croix du Feu 1914–1918) was a Belgian military decoration awarded to all holders of the so-called "Fire Card" which was awarded to all who came under fire at the front during the First World War. The medal was established by royal decree on 6 February 1934. It could not be ...