Erasmus House
 Exterior of Erasmus House | |
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| Established | 1931 |
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| Location | Rue de Formanoir / De Formanoirstraat 31, B-1070 Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
| Public transit access | Saint Guidon/Sint Guido |
| Website | Official website |
Erasmus House (French: Maison d'Érasme, Dutch: Erasmushuis) is a museum in Anderlecht, a municipality of Brussels (Belgium), devoted to the Dutch humanist writer Erasmus of Rotterdam.[1] The house, of late Gothic or early Renaissance style, was built in 1458, and it was a school in 1515 under the tutelage of Pieter Wijchmans, canon and schoolmaster of the chapter of Anderlecht and a friend of Erasmus. Erasmus stayed in the house for five months from May to October 1521 working on his translation of the New Testament from Greek into Latin.[2]
The building was converted to a museum in 1931. Its garden is split into two parts that both try to adhere to the spirit of Erasmus; one through art and philosophy and the other, designed by landscape architect René Pechère, through typical medicinal herbs from the 16th century. The complex was designated a historic monument on 25 October 1938.[3]
This site is served by Saint-Guidon/Sint-Guido metro station on line 5 of the Brussels metro.
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The Renaissance room before refurbishment -
Medicinal garden by René Pechère -
Medicinal garden -
Philosophical garden by Benoît Fondu
References
- ^ "Erasmus House". Museum website. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Erasmushuis Anderlecht". Archived from the original on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
- ^ http://patrimoine.brussels/liens/registre/registre-du-patrimoine-protege-en-region-de-bruxelles-capitale-catalogue-illustre
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