La Cambre abbey was founded around 1200 by Gisele, a Brussels lady who wanted to establish a Cistercian monastery in the village of Ixelles. The abbey takes the name Camera beatae Mariae, which will finally give "the Cambre". In 1796, by decree of the Republic, la Cambre is closed and its property sold as national property. The abbey is restored in the first two decades of the 20th century.
St Andrew's Church, the only Scottish church in Belgium, is characterised by its English neo-Gothic style. Built in 1925, the façade is signed "J. Waddell and T. Young / Glasgow / Walthère Michel / Architects". The church was built in memory of the Presbyterian soldiers who died in the First World War.
St. Mary Magdalene Church is an Armenian Orthodox religious building built from 1986 to 1990 in a postmodern style. In the early 1980s, the non-profit organization Foundation for the Armenian Church in Belgium started to raise funds for the construction of a church. His project was designed by the architect Haïk Mardikian and the engineer Jacques Kupélian who were inspired by the shape of the Holy Cross Church of Aghtamar.
The Church of St. Croix is a Catholic church built in the mid-nineteenth century. The church displays an outdoor Art Deco style and a neo-Gothic interior. This building replaced the former little Sainte-Croix church, a traditional place of worship for charcoal workers.
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