Maison St-Cyr

Brussels


The haunting facade of this narrow building is an extravagance of knotted and twisted ironwork. It was built in 1903 for painter Léonard St-Cyr by Gustave Strauven (1878–1919), who worked as an apprentice to Horta and also built art nouveau houses in Schaerbeek.

Transportation

  • metro: Schuman

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