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136 Route 10. BRUSSELS. Eastern Quarters:
Tramways to the Cinguantenaire: Nos. 24, 25, and 27, from the Impasse
da Parc (Rue des Colonies, p. 101) via the Rue de la Loi to the Rond
Point to the W. of the Parc du Cinquantenaire; Nos. 20 and 22, from the
Place Royale (p. 99) vid the Rue du Luxembourg, and Nos. 35 and 86,
from the Porte de Namur via the Chaussée de Mavre (Natural History
Museum, see p. 144), to the Avenue Nervines, to the S. of the Parc du
Cinquantenaire; Nos. 59 and 61 from the square in front of the Gare du
Nord and No. 37 from the Rne Treurenberg (p. 101), via St. Josse-ten-
Noode and the Quartier Nord-Est, to the terminus to the E. of the Palais
du Cinquantenaire.
The Ruz pz wa Lor (Pl. E-H, 3, 4), or Wetstraat, which begins
at the Park (p. 100), runs direct for 41/4 M. to the Pare in front of
the Palais du Cinquantenaire, the triple triumphal arch of which
fills in the vista. This long street is carried by two short viaducts
over streets at a lower level. Beyond its intersection with the Bou-
levard du Régent(p. 124) it traverses the Quartier Léopold (p. 125)
and the Quartier Nord-Est.
The Quartier Nord-Est (Pl. G, H,3,4), or North-East Quarter,
to the N. of the Rue de la Loi, is distinguished by attractive private
houses, partly in the Flemish-Renaissance and partly in the modern
style. Its central point is the *Sevarr Amsrorrx (Pl. H, 3), laid
out in pleasant gardens, stretching down the slope beside a series
of cascades formed by a stream and embellished with noteworthy
bronze sculptures. In the semicircle beyond the fountain at the
top are three colossal figures by Jac. de Lalaing, representing the
progress of human civilization: to the left, Primitive Man, to the
right, Reign of Law, in the centre, Art (1899). At the lower basin
is “Le Cheval 4!’Abreuvoir’ (horse drinking), a group by O. Meunier;
and in the Avenue Palmerston is a brunze group of Pan and a Nymph
(‘La Folle Chanson’) by Jef Lambeaux. At the foot of the gardens
the stream enters-a pond in the Square Marie-Louise (Pl. G, 3). —
From this point the Chaussée d’Etterbeek (Pl. G, 4, 5) leads under
the Rue de la Loi to the Pare Léopold (p. 144).
The Rue de la Loi intersects the Rond Point (P1. H, 4), which is
connected with the Pare Léopold (p. 144) by the Rue de Comines and
with the Square Ambioria by the Rue Archiméde, and reaches the —
Paropbu Crnquanrenarnn (Pl. H,1,4,5), the large and formal park
in front of the Palais du Cinquantenaire. Thename (Flemish, ‘Jubel-
Park’) recalls the exhibition of 1880, when the fiftieth anniversary
of the independence of Belgium was celebrated here. The two large
porphyry columns from Quenast (p. 243) and the building at the
N.W. corner of the park resembling a mosque were erected for that
exhibition. The temple-like building in the same corner dates from
1909 and contains a magnificent relief (ca. 23 ft. in width) by Jef
Lambeaux, representing Human Passions, executed in marble at the
cost of the state. To the right of the central walk of the park is a
bronze group of Resting Workmen (1893) by Ch. van der Stappen ;
farther on, on the same side, A Reaper, by Const. Meunier. Another
noteworthy work (in marble) is J. B. van Heffen’s Samson with the |
