Place de la Vaillance

The Place de la Vaillance (Dutch: Dapperheidsplein) is the main square located in the historic centre of the Brussels municipality of Anderlecht (Belgium). It is served by Saint Guidon/Sint Guido metro station on line 5 of the Brussels metro.

The square was originally known as the Place de la Plaine. In the 1910s, it was considerably enlarged. As early as 1912, historicist style houses fitted with Baroque and Flemish Renaissance Revival gables were erected. A second wave of construction (from 1923 to 1928) followed a redevelopment of the square.

On the Place de la Vaillance, there was a cinema called Le Vaillance, that opened in 1931 and closed in 1969, and is currently a Dutch-language music academy. At the corner of the square and Rue du Chapitre/Kapittelstraat is a 17th-century house which long served as an inn and now houses the Dutch-speaking cultural centre “De Rinck”. The monument dedicated to the heroes of the First World War by Victor Voets, which occupies its southern side, has been listed since 2013.

Contact

City of Anderlecht
email
info@anderlecht.brussels
address
Place du Conseil 1, B-1070 Brussels
phone
+32 (0) 2 558 08 00