The Place Fontainas or Fontainasplein is a square in central Brussels, Belgium. It was created following the covering of the river Senne. It is named in honour of André-Napoléon Fontainas, a former ma
The Place Fontainas/Fontainasplein in Brussels
The Place Fontainas/Fontainasplein at the beginning of the 20th century
The Boulevard Anspach or Anspachlaan is a central boulevard in Brussels, Belgium, connecting the Place de Brouckère/De Brouckèreplein to the Place Fontainas/Fontainasplein. It was created following th
Place Fontainas
…Senne (1867–1871). It is named in honour of André-Napoléon Fontainas, a former mayor of the City of Brussels. The square lies at the conjunction of the Boulevard Anspach/Anspachlaan to the north with the Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier/Maurice Lemonnierlaan to the south, in the Midi–Lemonnier or Stalingrad Quarter (southern part of the…
View on the Boulevard Anspach/Anspachlaan from the former Actiris building
The Boulevard Anspach/Anspachlaan in 1880, etching by Armand Heins from L'Illustration nationale
Aux Armes des Brasseurs (Blomme, 1939)
Apartment building (Bordiau and Dillens, 1872)