Galerie Porte Louise / Louizapoortgalerij

Galerie Porte Louise (Dutch: Louizapoortgalerij) is a small shopping centre located in Ixelles, one of the municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region in Belgium. It stands near Avenue Louise, on Avenue de la Toison d'Or, placing it within the dense commercial and office district that stretches south-east from the historic city centre. The gallery is part of a cluster of connected retail passages rather than a single free-standing mall. The present gallery was built in 1963 and 1964, but it is physically joined to two earlier commercial galleries. The oldest of these, known simply as Galerie Louise, dates from 1949–1952 and replaced an interior block behind a Beaux-Arts façade at the mouth of Avenue Louise. That earlier gallery was designed by the architects Ide, Somers and de Montigny and contains around fifty shops arranged along a long entrance corridor and a rotunda with a staircase leading to the basement. At basement level, several units adjoin the large Salle Arlequin, a hall once used for performances. One of the basement units served until the early 1960s as a studio for the dance school of Jane Périphanos and Sana Dolsky, which was attended by many artists from the Théâtre de la Monnaie. Among the personalities associated with the gallery and its dance studio are Sana Dolsky (1905–2011), a Ukrainian dancer, and Emilio Altés Safont (1926–2012), a Spanish dancer. Today Galerie Porte Louise functions as a modest urban shopping gallery, offering a mix of retail units in a central Brussels location. It is not a listed company and no parent group or ownership structure is recorded in the available sources. Its official website is galerieportelouise.com.

Galerie Porte Louise is a shopping gallery in Ixelles, in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It is situated near Avenue Louise, on Avenue de la Toison d'Or. The gallery as it exists today was constructed in 1963 and 1964, but it is connected to two earlier commercial galleries. The oldest of these earlier galleries, known simply as Galerie Louise, dates from 1949–1952. It replaced an interior block that stood behind a Beaux-Arts façade at the mouth of Avenue Louise. Designed by the architects Ide, Somers and de Montigny, Galerie Louise contains around fifty shops arranged on either side of a long entrance corridor and a rotunda with a staircase leading down to the basement. At basement level, several units adjoin the large Salle Arlequin, a hall where performances were held. One of the basement units served until the early 1960s as a studio for the dance school of Jane Périphanos and Sana Dolsky. The school was attended by many artists from the Théâtre de la Monnaie. Notable personalities associated with the gallery and its dance studio include Sana Dolsky (1905–2011), a Ukrainian dancer, and Emilio Altés Safont (1926–2012), a Spanish dancer. The gallery remains a small shopping centre in the same central Brussels location, with its official website at galerieportelouise.com.

• 1964

  Galerie Porte Louise is completed and connected to the earlier galleries.

• 1963

  Construction of Galerie Porte Louise begins.

• 1952

  Galerie Louise, designed by architects Ide, Somers and de Montigny, is completed with around fifty shops.

• 1949

  Construction of the earliest connected gallery, Galerie Louise, begins (completed 1952).

Small urban shopping gallery in central Brussels, connected to historic Louise galleries.

• Galerie Porte Louise shopping gallery

  Small shopping centre in Ixelles, Brussels, built 1963–1964.

• Galerie Louise

  Earlier connected gallery built 1949–1952, with around fifty shops.

1. 1Wikidata: Galerie Porte Louise / Louizapoortgalerijwikidata.org
2. 2Wikipedia (French): Galerie Porte Louisefr.wikipedia.org