| Anderlecht Gate | |
|---|---|
| Part of Second City Walls of Brussels | |
| Brussels, Belgium | |
 The Anderlecht Gate at the end of the 18th century | |
  Anderlecht Gate  Anderlecht Gate | |
| Coordinates | 50°50′41″N4°20′20″E / 50.84472°N 4.33889°E |
| Type | City gate |
| Site history | |
| Materials | Stone |
The Anderlecht Gate (French : Porte d'Anderlecht; Dutch : Anderlechtsepoort) was one of the medieval city gates of the second walls of Brussels, Belgium. [1]
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The Synagogue of Anderlecht, officially the Synagogue of the Orthodox Jewish Community of Brussels, and also known as the Israelite Orthodox Synagogue of Cureghem, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located in the heart of the former Jewish quarter of Cureghem/Kuregem, at 67A, rue de la Clinique/Kliniekstraat, in the municipality of Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium. The synagogue is the main synagogue of the Israelite Orthodox Community of Brussels. It can be accessed from Clemenceau metro station on lines 2 and 6 of the Brussels Metro.
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