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Maison Cauchie
Restored in 1989, architect
Paul Cauchie’s home in rue
des Francs has examples of
sgraffiti, a technique in
which designs are incised
onto wet plaster to reveal
another colour beneath.

Maison Saint Cyr
Horta’s disciple Gustave
Strauven was keen to
out do his mentor with this
BLVD DU
intricate façade, only 4 m
JARDIN BOTANIQUE
BOULEVARD E. JACQMAIN LAAN (14 ft) wide (see p76).
KRUIDTUINLAAN
RUE ROYALE KONING SSTRAAT

T H E LO W E R
T O W N CHAUSSEE DE LOUVAIN
LEUVENSESTEENWEG
RUE A. DANSAERT STRAAT
GRAND PLACE
GROTE MARKT
KORTENBERGLAAN
LEMONNIER LAAN
BOULEVARD M. PLACE ROYALE BLVD DE REG ENT LAA N RUE BE L LIA R D S T RAAT T H E U P P E R AVE DE CORTENBERG
T O W N
RUE D E LA LO I WETS TR AAT
ROND PONT
AVE DE LA
KONINGSPLEIN
RUE HAUTE HOOGSTRAAT BLVD DE WATERLOO LAAN RUE DU TRONE TROONSTR. AVE DES NERVIENS
R. SCHUMAN
RENAISSANCE LAAN
PLEIN
NERVIERSLAAN

CH. DE CHARLEROI CHARLEROISE STEENWEG AVE LOUISE LOUIZALAAN 0 metres 500 500

0 yards

Hôtel Solvay
An early Horta creation of 1894,
this home was built for a wealthy
family. Horta designed every
element of the building, from
the ochre and yellow cast-iron
façade columns and glass front
door to the decorative but
CH. DE WATERLOO WATERLOSE STEENWEG
func tional doorknobs (see p87).

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