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The Hôtel de Groesbeeck - de Croix is a hotel particulier in Namur, Belgium. [1] First built in the 13th century, it was resdesigned by the architect Jean-Baptiste Chermanne in the mid 18th century. The town council bought it in 1935 and it now houses the town's collection of 19th, 20th and 21st century decorative arts.
The first mention of Schaerbeek's name was Scarenbecca, recorded in a document from the Bishop of Cambrai in 1120. [3] The origin of the name may come from the Franconian words schaer ("notch", "score") and beek ("creek", "beck"). [4] Schaerbeek is nicknamed "the city of donkeys" (French: la cité des ânes, Dutch: de ezelsgemeente).
The French Red Cross (French: Croix-Rouge française), or the CRF, is the national Red Cross Society in France founded in 1864 and originally known as the Société française de secours aux blessés militaires (SSBM). Recognized as a public utility since 1945, the French Red Cross is one of the 191 national societies of the International Red ...
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 1830 Volunteers' Commemorative Cross (French: Croix Commémorative des Volontaires de 1830, Dutch: Herinneringskruis voor de Vrijwilligers van 1830) was a Belgian campaign medal established by royal decree on 20 April 1878 and awarded to all members of the Belgian Army and popular militias who served during the 1830-1831 Belgian Revolution who had not been awarded the Iron Cross.
The Municipal Hall (French: Hôtel communal; Dutch: Gemeentehuis) of Schaerbeek is the municipal hall building and the seat of that municipality of Brussels, Belgium.. Designed by the architect Jules Jacques Van Ysendyck [] in neo-Flemish Renaissance style and completed in 1887, it is located at the centre of the Place Colignon / Colignon
M. Dumoulin, 1900-1913 La fin d’une époque (in French), in Les grands événements du xxe siècle en Belgique, Brussels, NV Reader's Digest, 1987. S. Jaumain et W. Balcers (dir.), Bruxelles 1910 : de l'Exposition Universelle à l'Université (in French), Brussels, Racine, 2010.
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.