Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) World Heritage Site

Official name
Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) | UNESCO
Country
Belgium | Map
Continent
Europe
Location
50.8280° Lat, 4.3622° Lon | Map
Code
1005
Time Zone
Europe/Brussels (CET, +0100)
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Category
Cultural
Description
Inscribed 2000. The four major town houses - Hôtel Tassel, Hôtel Solvay, Hôtel van Eetvelde, and Maison & Atelier Horta - located in Brussels and designed by the architect Victor Horta, one of the earliest initiators of Art Nouveau, are some of the most remarkable pioneering works of architecture of the end of the 19th century. The stylistic revolution represented by these works is characterised by their open plan, the diffusion of light, and the brilliant joining of the curved lines of decoration with the structure of the building.