Parvis de Saint-Gilles (French) or Sint-Gillisvoorplein (Dutch) is a premetro (underground tram) station located in the Saint-Gilles municipality of Brussels, Belgium. The main entrance is from the Parvis de Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillisvoorplein, after which it is named. It opened on 3 December 1993.
The walls of the station are covered with blue tiles inscribed with the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in French and Dutch. This work, entitled Dyad, was undertaken by the artist Françoise Schein.[1]
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The Church of St. Gilles, which dominates the site, was designed in eclectic style by the architect Victor Besme and built in the 1860s. It replaced an earlier church, on which work commenced in 1595 but did not finish until 1765, which itself had replaced a 13th-century building that was demolished in 1578 to strengthen the fortifications of Brussels.
Entrance on the Parvis de Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillisvoorplein marked with "M" logo sign
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