Saint-Gilles Prison
Saint-Gilles Prison is a prison in Brussels, Belgium, that opened in 1884. It is located on the borders of the municipalities of Saint-Gilles, Ixelles and Forest, next to Forest Prison and Berkendael Prison.Photo: Moyogo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Prison
- Description: prison in Saint-Gilles, Brussels, Belgium
- Also known as: “Prison de Saint-Gilles - Gevangenis van Sint-Gillis”, “Prison of Saint-Gilles”, and “Prison of Sint-Gillis”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Horta Museum and Hôtel Hannon.
Horta Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Horta Museum is a museum in Brussels, Belgium, dedicated to the life and work of the architect Victor Horta and his time. The museum is housed in Horta's former town house and workshop, built between 1898 and 1901, in Art Nouveau style. Horta Museum is situated 650 metres northeast of Saint-Gilles Prison.
Hôtel Hannon
Historic house
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hôtel Hannon is a historic town house in Brussels, Belgium. Constructed between 1903 and 1904, in Art Nouveau style, for the industrialist Édouard Hannon, it is the only house in that style designed by the architect Jules Brunfaut. Hôtel Hannon is situated 360 metres east of Saint-Gilles Prison.
Saint-Gilles Municipal Hall
Town hall
The Municipal Hall of Saint-Gilles is the municipal hall building and the seat of that municipality of Brussels, Belgium. Designed by the architect Albert Dumont in neo-Flemish Renaissance style and completed in 1904. Saint-Gilles Municipal Hall is situated 360 metres north of Saint-Gilles Prison.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Gilles and Ma Campagne.
Saint-Gilles
Town
Photo: M0tty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Gilles or Sint-Gillis is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the southern part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Anderlecht, Forest and Ixelles.
Altitude Cent
Neighborhood
Altitude Cent or Hoogte Honderd, also known as Altitude 100 and Hoogte 100, meaning "Height One Hundred", is a district of Forest, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium.
Saint-Gilles Prison
- Category: government building
- Location: Ixelles, Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital, Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.82139° or 50° 49′ 17″ northLongitude
4.34718° or 4° 20′ 50″ eastInception
1884Operator
Federal Public Service JusticeOpen location code
9F26R8CW+HVOpenStreetMap ID
way 30631401OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonWikidata ID
Q2262401
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Spanish—“Saint-Gilles Prison” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Vězení Sint-Gillis”
- Czech: “Věznice Saint-Gilles”
- Danish: “Saint-Gilles fængsel”
- Dutch: “Gevangenis te Sint-Gillis”
- Dutch: “Gevangenis van Sint-Gillis”
- French: “Prison de Saint-Gilles”
- German: “Gefängnis von Saint-Gilles”
- German: “Gefängnis von Sint-Gillis”
- Kurdish: “Girtîgeha Saint-Gilles”
- Spanish: “Prision de Saint Gilles”
- Spanish: “Prisión de Saint Gilles”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Place Antoine Delporte - Antoine Delporteplein and Bibliothèque d’architecture, d’ingénierie architecturale, d’urbanisme.
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