Just a stone’s throw from the Grand-Place, the house The Falcon (Le Faucon) dates back to the 13th or 14th century. It was once an inn, then a brewery. Its very well-preserved two-vessel cellar features walls built entirely of stone, covered first with a beamed floor and then with brick vaults reinforced by double arches. The use of stone in middle-class houses is an important marker, often associated with the earliest phases of the town’s urbanisation. Despite the damage suffered during the bombardment of Brussels in 1695 and the partial reconstruction that followed, the house still retains some interesting

medieval features on the ground floor, including light niches and old openings showing the connections with neighbouring plots. The upper floors and roof structure were rebuilt after 1695. From the cellar to the attic, the tour will provide an opportunity to grasp the history of the building from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, and to explore the evolution of materials and their use in ordinary civil architecture in Brussels.

Collaboration urban.brussels – Université libre de Bruxelles

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Information

Guided tours on Friday 14/06/2024 & Saturday 15/06/2024

Address: rue de la Tête d’or – Guldenhoofdstraat 9-11, 1000 Brussels

Maximum 15 persons per guided tour

Reservation compulsory

Not accessible for PRM

Schedule of guided tours (Duration of the visit: 45 min)

Guided tours only in French

Friday 14/06/2024

14:00 (FR)

15:00 (FR)

16:00 (FR)

17:00 (FR)

18:00 (FR)

Saturday 15/06/2024

10:00 (FR)

11:00 (FR)

14:00 (FR)

15:00 (FR)

16:00 (FR)

17:00 (FR)