Horta-Lambeaux Pavilion — Attraction in Brussels

A building designed by Victor Horta, built to house just one pierce of art: The passions of humans by Jef Lambeaux. This is a must see just for this very rare fact. Obviously a piece of art that needs a whole building to itself is a rarity, but the concept of the artwork is also rare. Lambeaux tried to address humanity’s passions from birth to death within a single artwork the size of a huge wall. You’ll need half an hour to watch and contemplate on this. Entrance is free but it is rarely open. Today is Journees de Patrimoine and it was open and crowded. Do your research before heading to this gem. You can inquire about the days it is open and book tickets for the pavilion through the Art & History...

This little pavilion is located in the north east corner of Parc du Cinquantenaire, close to the great mosque of Brussels. The pavilion is tiny, but inside, the main attraction is the marble relief designed by the art nouveau architect, Victor Horta. The relief depicts a classical Greek inspired scenes of “human passions”. There is still a two fifty euro entrance fee to enter this small space, up to you to decide if you like art enough to justify the fee.

Be careful when scheduling a visit though. The opening hours are limited and in mid-afternoon for about...

The entrance is free (but they will close it again after this weekend). The pavilion was designed by Horta and the work of art that it shelters was from Lambeaux: six slabs of marble joined into one large marble piece of art depicting the human passions, death and more. The piece of art was controversial back in the day and therefore the pavilion was kept closed. It was nice to walk through the park and be able to visit it. It’s just the one piece. If you’re in the area and it’s open its...