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Halles Saint-Géry
Cultural centre in Brussels, Belgium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Halles Saint-Géry (French) or Sint-Gorikshallen (Dutch) is a cultural centre in central Brussels, Belgium.[1][2] It is located at 1, place Saint-Géry/Sint-Goriksplein, in a former covered market built in 1881–82.[1][2][3] This site is served by the premetro (underground tram) station Bourse - Grand-Place/Beurs - Grote Markt on lines 4 and 10.
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History
Market hall
The building was designed by the architect Adolphe Vanderheggen, in the Flemish neo-Renaissance style, to serve as a covered market. The interior has four rows of double blue stone stalls. The building's metallic structure is an outstanding architectural example of hall design, combining historicist architecture with new materials.[3]
Abandonment, renovation and reassignment
The market hall prospered until after the Second World War, then, abandoned by traders, it was finally closed in 1977. Despite the building's designation in 1987,[3] and several attempts at commercial or cultural reassignment, it took more than twenty years for the halls to benefit from a definitive rehabilitation as an exhibition space. Nowadays, the Saint-Géry area is well known for the many bars, cafés and restaurants in the vicinity, making it a popular nightspot in the capital.
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