The Vauxhall was an entertainment building in Brussels Park in Brussels

Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

, Belgium

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. It is named after the pleasure gardens of Vauxhall

Vauxhall Gardens

Vauxhall Gardens was a pleasure garden, one of the leading venues for public entertainment in London, England from the mid 17th century to the mid 19th century. Originally known as New Spring Gardens, the site was believed to have opened before the Restoration of 1660 with the first mention being...

 in London

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, which only became known to the inhabitants of Brussels in 1761, when a ballet entitled Le Phaxal was put on at the Théâtre de la Monnaie

La Monnaie

Le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie , or the Koninklijke Muntschouwburg is a theatre in Brussels, Belgium....

. In Paris

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, the stage-builder Torré opened a "garden of amusements" in 1764, which the public came to call the Vaux-Hall de Torré. A Vaux-Hall d'hiver (a winter Vauxhall) was set up in 1769 at the foire Saint-Germin

Théâtre de la foire

Théâtre de la foire is the collective name given to the theatre put on at the annual fairs at Saint-Germain and Saint-Laurent in Paris.-Foire Saint-Germain:The earliest references to the annual fair date to 1176...

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The history of the "Vauxhall de Bruxelles" is intimately linked to that of the Théâtre Royal du Parc

Théâtre Royal du Parc

The Théâtre Royal du Parc is a theatre at 3, Rue de la Loi in Brussels, on the edge of the Parc de Bruxelles facing the Federal Parliament...

. It was opened in 1781 by Alexandre Bultos

Alexandre Bultos

Alexandre Bultos was a Belgian comic-actor and theatre director.-Life:The seventh child of Pierre-François Bultos and his wife Marie-Josèphe Lambert, wine merchants and hotelliers, Alexandre made his stage debut in December 1761 aged 12, in La Servante maîtresse by Pierre Baurans, after the work...

 and his brother Herman Bultos

Herman Bultos

Herman Bultos was an 18th century Belgian wine merchant and theatre director.-Life:...

(co-directors of the Théâtres de la Monnaie and of the Parc). It was initially a drinking palace, concert hall and theatre.