Pont Sainctelette
Address Pont Sainctelette
City/Neighborhood Brussels
Style(s)
- Art Deco
Original use
- Work of Art
Année 1930
Architect(s) and/or artist(s)
- Rogister Victor
- Wijnants Ernest
Wide bridge spanning the Charleroi Canal. Inaugurated in 1832, the canal had already been imagined at the time of Philip the Good in the 15th century to connect Brussels to Charleroi.
It was under the Dutch reign at the beginning of the 19th century that the canal was dug.
The bridge visible today was built in the 1930s by Victor Rogister, an architect from Liège.
The four large sculptures in pure Art Deco style are the work of the Belgian sculptor Ernest Wijnants, nephew of the painter Rik Wouters.
Each statue illustrates an extraordinary character, man and woman, of Byzantine inspiration.
Massive bodies, closed faces turned towards the river, they carry a cornucopia, a swan, trample a fish, waves.
The top of the pilaster against which the figures are leaning ends with a sphere of shells and plant elements.
Masks of Greek inspiration, representing sea monsters, adorn the side faces of the pilasters.
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