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At the end of rue Paul Emile Janson you hit avenue Louise, where a right turn will take you - in a couple of hundred metres - to the Hotel Solvay at no. 224, another Horta extravagance which, like the Musee Horta, contains most of the original furnishings and fittings. The 33-year-old Horta was given complete freedom and unlimited funds by the Solvay family (who made a fortune in soft drinks) to design this opulent town house, whose facade is graced by bow windows, delicate metalwork and contrasting types of stone. Inside, Horta commissioned an artist to paint a scene from the Solvay's summer cottage on the first staircase landing, but typically chose the dominant colours himself. Also on avenue Louise, five minutes' further along at no. 346, is Horta's Hotel Max Hallet , a comparatively restrained structure of 1904, where the straight and slender facade is decorated with elegant doors and windows and an elongated stone balcony with a wrought iron balustrade. Just beyond, the modern sculpture stranded in the middle of the traffic island looks like a pair of elephant tusks, but is in fact a representation of the "V" for Victory sign of World War II. Named Phenix 44 , it's the work of Olivier Strebelle. From the Max Hallet residence, it's a quick tram ride north to the smart commercialism of place Louise or a ten-minute stroll south to the Musee Constantin Meunier
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