rWotD Episode 3308: Square Sainctelette

Welcome to random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia's vast and varied content, one random article at a time.

The random article for Monday, 25 May 2026, is Square Sainctelette.

The Square Sainctelette (French, pronounced [skwaʁ sɛ̃t.lɛt]) or Sainctelettesquare (Dutch, pronounced [ˈsɛɪŋktəlɛt(ə)ˌskwɛːr]) is a square in the City of Brussels municipality of Brussels, Belgium. It is named in honour of Charles-Xavier Sainctelette, a former Belgian Minister of Public Works.

The square lies along the Brussels–Charleroi Canal, in the north-western corner of Brussels' city centre, on the border with the Molenbeek-Saint-Jean municipality, from which it is separated by the canal. A major traffic axis, it is also part of the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road). This area is served by Yser/IJzer metro station on lines 2 and 6 of the Brussels Metro.

This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:40 UTC on Monday, 25 May 2026.

For the full current version of the article, see Square Sainctelette on Wikipedia.

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