Named for Burgomaster André-Napoléon Fontainas, the Cité Fontainas consists of a grouping of small, semidetached houses built around a semicircle. Designed by architects Antoine Trappeniers and Henri Beyaert in both neoclassical and eclectic styles and constructed in 1867, it was originally used to house retired elementary schoolteachers and today serves as a low-income residency complex.
Historical Dictionary of Brussels. Paul F. State.