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Antwerp Architecture

Great Antwerp Architecture can be found anywhere - But it is in the "modern" Zurenborg district that you will discover the most creative and stunning examples of fantastic architecture.

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The area is also called the Golden Triangle of Art Nouveau. (How to get here). Three streets, Cogels-Osy lei, Transvaal Straat and Waterloos street host 170 monumental houses protected by the Flemish government since 1984.




antwerp-architecture There you will find most amazing plethora of styles:

Belgium styles
• neo-Antwerp renaissance
• neo-Flemish renaissance
• neo-Flemish baroque
• Brabant gothique
Italian Styles
• neo-Tuscan palazzo style
• neo-Venetian palazzo style (Gothic & Palladian)
• neo Italian baroque
• neo-traditional renaissance
French styles
• neo-French baroque
• Classicistic baroque
Others
• Moorish style
• art nouveau (Jugendstil)
• neo-classicistic
• art deco
• Eclectic style

Try our Zurenborg Walk which takes you to all the hidden gems of Cogels-Osy lei, Transvaal and Waterloo straat.


The Top 10 houses of the Golden Triangle of Art Nouveau

antwerp-architecture Nr. 1 & 2: The Quinten-Matsijs and The Scaldis

Nr. 3: The Sunflower

Nr. 4 & 5 : The Four Seasons & Battle of Waterloo

Nr. 6, 7 and 8: The three houses on Transvaalstraat: The 12 Apostles, The Devils and The Greek temple

Nr. 9: The Carolus Magnus

Nr. 10: The Sun, The Stars and The Moon





Check out pictures of Zurenborg houses

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