Hainaut
Hainaut — from Dour to Charleroi
From Dour to Charleroi, this route links ten buildings in Hainaut marked by Art Deco and built or remodelled between 1927 and 1936: the Maison du Peuple in Dour, erected by A. Van Craenenbroeck for the cooperative society of the “Socialistes réunis”, the Maison Masse in Quaregnon, designed by the architect Pigeolet for the brewer Marcel Ansar and now a cultural centre, the former L’Indépendance cooperative department store in Mons, which houses the Mundaneum, the church of Notre-Dame du Travail in Bray, built by the priest-architect Henri Balthazar after the 1927 accident that killed 25 miners, Georges Pire’s Sacred Heart church in Binche and the Maison du Peuple in La Louvière, given a new Art Deco façade in 1927. It ends in Charleroi, at the town hall by Jules Cézar and Joseph André, inaugurated in 1936, and its 70-metre belfry, a UNESCO World Heritage site, then at two buildings by the architect M. Depelsenaire, on Avenue Général Michel (1936) and Rue du Collège (1932).
10 stops · Duration full day · Distance multi-villes
Maison du Peuple — Dour
On the corner of Place Vandervelde, the Maison du Peuple of Dour is an Art Deco building constructed in 1928 by the architect A.
Maison Masse — Quaregnon
Set back from the street in a garden, this house was designed in 1932 by the architect Pigeolet for the brewer Marcel Ansar; the former Maison Masse is now the cultural centre of Quaregnon.
Ancien grand magasin L’Indépendance
Former cooperative department store 'L'Indépendance', designed in 1929-1930 by the architect Guillaume Vleugels for the 'Union coopérative de Belgique'.
Église Notre-Dame du Travail de Bray
Parish church built in 1932 by the priest-architect Henri Balthazar in the heart of the Levant de Mons mining estate.
Église du Sacré-Cœur — Binche
Built in connection with the development of the station district, the Church of the Sacred Heart was erected in 1931 to plans by the Binche architect Georges Pire and consecrated in 1932.
Maison du Peuple — La Louvière
This house from the second third of the 19th century was acquired in 1889 by the cooperative society “Le Progrès” of Jolimont to be fitted out as a Maison du Peuple (workers' meeting house).
Hôtel de ville de Charleroi
Charleroi town hall, whose facades are treated “in an eclectic spirit tinged with Art Deco” according to the Walloon inventory, came out of an architectural competition launched in 1930.
Beffroi de Charleroi
Inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1999, Charleroi's belfry is part of the town hall and rises to 70 metres.
Immeuble de rapport, avenue Général Michel 13 — Charleroi
This block of rental flats was built in 1936 by the architect M.
Immeuble, rue du Collège 19 — Charleroi
Unfortunately cluttered with signs according to the inventory, this “Art Deco” facade on the Rue du Collège was designed by the architect M.
Translated from the French original.