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Stalle, Brussels

Stalle is a district of Brussels, Belgium, located within the municipality of Uccle. The area lies between the valleys of the Geleytsbeek and the Ukkelbeek and takes its name from the former lordship of Stalle. Its inhabitants were traditionally nicknamed the Zoêvelbooren, a reference to the district's agricultural past. Archaeological evidence shows that the territory has been inhabited since ancient times.

History
Stalle was first recorded as a lordship in the 12th century, held by the , one of at least seventeen families associated with it. The first known lords were Henri de Stalle, followed by Florent of Stalle (alderman of Brussels in 1319) and another Florent of Stalle (alderman in 1357), who with his brother Daniel founded the and donated lands in 1369. Dependent fiefs included Overhem, located between Dieweg and Stalle, and Roetaert in ; Overhem, with its manor, mill, woods, and pasture, was annexed to Stalle in 1465, while Roetaert encompassed 39.78 acres of land and meadows with the manor of Roetaert. The lordship developed further in the 14th–15th centuries, In 1795, under French rule, Stalle merged with the old ducal village of Uccle, forming the modern municipality. Around the same period, a cotton-printing factory was established in Stalle, later expanded by Thomas Wilson in the 1820s with steam power and copper-roller printing, becoming a major industrial site until its decline after World War I. The opening of the Brussels–Luttre–Charleroi railway line in 1873, including Uccle-Stalle railway station, spurred urbanisation, with eclectic houses built near the station by the late 19th century. From 2016 to 2018, a major stormwater retention basin was constructed along the , a 1.4 km tunnel with a 4.5 m diameter and five overflow points, designed to hold 20,000–25,000 m3 of water during heavy storms and release it gradually into the sewer network. == Sights ==
Sights
• The or Chapel of Our Lady of Good Assistance, is a Gothic chapel founded by the lords of Stalle in the 14th century and restored in 1932, features rare architectural elements and now serves a Byzantine rite community. • or , built in 1685, is a castle within a Natura 2000 area and a rare survivor of the “pleasant countryside” estates, water-surrounded retreats for Brussels’ patrician families. • The , built in the 1940s and opened in 1952, has been used by the Romanian Orthodox community in Brussels since 2015. File:Paepenkasteel.1972.jpg| == See also ==
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