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{{Short description|Former neighbourhood in Brussels, Belgium}}
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[[File:Quartier de la Putterie J1.jpg|thumb|Street sign of the {{lang|fr|Putterie|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Putterij|italic=no}}]]
The '''{{lang|fr|Putterie|italic=no}}''' ([[French language|French]]) or '''{{lang|nl|Putterij|italic=no}}''' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]) is a former [[quarter (urban subdivision)|quarter]] of central [[Brussels]], Belgium. The district was centred around Saint Mary Magdalene's Church, between the {{lang|fr|Rue de la Montagne|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Bergstraat|italic=no}}, the {{lang|fr|Rue de la Madeleine|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Magdalenastraat|italic=no}} and the current {{lang|fr|Boulevard de l’Impératrice|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Keizerinlaan|italic=no}}. It was largely destroyed starting in the 1920s with the works of the [[North–South connection]], a major railway link through central Brussels, to develop the area for [[Brussels-Central railway station]] and other modern office buildings. Many historic structures were lost in the demolition process.{{sfn|Aubry|Vandenbreeden|1997}}
Some of the area was redeveloped in the 1980s and 1990s with varying degrees of success, with buildings in the [[New Classical architecture]] and the New [[Brick Renaissance]] style, following the principles of [[New Urbanism]] and the [[European Urban Renaissance]]. The name of the street has survived to this day.
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File:Victor Hennebert (1877-1947), View of the Putterie quarter in Brussels, from the townhall tower, in 1912.jpg|View of the {{lang|fr|Putterie|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Putterij|italic=no}} quarter from the tower of [[Brussels Town Hall|Brussels' Town Hall]], {{circa|1912}}
File:Quartier de la Putterie avant sa démolition.jpg|Another view of the neighbourhood prior to its demolition
File:Brussels - Hotel Meridien - panoramio.jpg|{{lang|fr|Carrefour de l'Europe|italic=no}} and hotel, constructed in the 1980s in the [[New Classical architecture|New Classical]] style to give back a more historic urban appearance to the area
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==See also==
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* [[Granvelle Palace, Brussels|Granvelle Palace]], a demolished palace in the district
* [[Brusselization|Brusselisation]]
* [[History of Brussels]]
* [[Belgium in the long nineteenth century]]
==References==
===Citations===
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===Bibliography===
* {{cite book|last1=Aubry|first1=Françoise|last2=Vandenbreeden|first2=Jos|title=Horta: Art Nouveau to Modernism|location=New York|publisher=Harry N Abrams|year=1997|isbn=978-0-8109-6333-7}}
* Bram Vannieuwenhuyze, ''Brussel, de ontwikkeling van een middeleeuwse stedelijke ruimte'' (in Dutch), Proefschrift Geschiedenis, Universiteit Gent, 2008, p. 251–252 and nr. 1.1.494
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