Brussels - information about the city
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Brussels - tourist attractions
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Belgian Comic Strip Center | The Belgian Comic Strip Center (Dutch: Belgisch Centrum voor het Beeldverhaal; French: Centre belge de la Bande dessinée ) chronicles the history of Belgian comics. Housed in a former department store in Brussels ' business district, it exhibits examples of comic strips in French, Dutch and English.... |
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Hôtel Tassel | The Hotel Tassel (French: Hôtel Tassel; Dutch: Hotel Tassel) is a townhouse built by Victor Horta in Brussels for the Belgian scientist and professor Emile Tassel in 1893-1894. It is generally considered as the first ever truely Art Nouveau building, because of its highly innovative plan and its gro... |
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Horta Museum | The Horta Museum (French: Musée Horta; Dutch: Hortamuseum) is a museum dedicated to the life and work of the Belgian Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta and his time. The museum is housed in Horta's former house and atelier, Maison & Atelier Horta (1898), in the Brussels municipality of Saint-Gilles.... |
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Stoclet Palace | The Stoclet Palace (French: Palais Stoclet; Dutch: Stocletpaleis) is a private mansion built by architect Josef Hoffmann between 1905 and 1911 in Brussels, Belgium, for a banker and art lover Adolphe Stoclet. Considered Hoffmann's masterpiece, the Stoclet's house is one of the most refined and luxur... |
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Law Courts of Brussels | The Law Courts of Brussels or Brussels Palace of Justice (French: Palais de Justice, Dutch: Justitiepaleis) is the most important Court building in Belgium, and is a notable landmark of Brussels. It was built between 1866 and 1883 in the eclectic style by architect Joseph Poelaert. The total cost of... |
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Maison Autrique | The Autrique House (French: Maison Autrique; Dutch: Autrique Huis) was the first townhouse built by Victor Horta in the Art Nouveau style. This house built in 1893 represents an essential step in the evolution of the greatest Belgian architect. In many ways it was an innovative dwelling although it ... |
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Place du Luxembourg | The Place du Luxembourg (French) or Luxemburgplein (Dutch) is a square in the European Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. The square consists largely of restaurants and bars which dominate the wide pavements, with some banks and other retail services, serving the employees and members of the neighbourin... |
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Espace Léopold | The Espace Léopold (French, commonly used in English) or Leopoldruimte (Dutch) is the complex of parliament buildings in Brussels (Belgium) housing the European Parliament, a legislative chamber of the European Union (EU). It consists of a number of buildings, primarily the oldest, the Paul-Henri S... |
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De Munt / La Monnaie | Le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie (la Monnaie; French) or the Koninklijke Muntschouwburg (de Munt; Dutch) (both meaning Royal Theatre of the Mint) is a theatre in Brussels, Belgium. Today the National Opera of Belgium, a federal institution, takes the name of the theatre in which it is housed. Therefor... |
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Mini-Europe | Mini-Europe is a miniature park located in Bruparck at the foot of the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium. Mini-Europe has the reproductions of the most attractive monuments in the European Union on show, at a scale of 1:25. Roughly 80 cities and 350 buildings are represented. The park is renowned for the... |
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Relevant data
Geographical coordinates:
50.8333, 4.3333
Approximate population: 1,125,728
Approximate population: 1,125,728
The oldest constructions
- Halle Gate (? - 1381, ?)
- Manneken Pis (1388 - 1619, ?)
- Royal Castle of Laeken (1782 - ?, ?)
- Royal Palace of Brussels (1783 - 1934, ?)
- De Munt / La Monnaie (1818 - ?, ?)
The highest points
- Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Brussels (89 m.)
- Manneken Pis (0.61 m.)
The longest objects
- Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Brussels (164.5 m.)
Most active architects
- Victor Horta (4)
- Alphonse Balat (2)
- Josef Hoffmann (1)
- Jerôme Duquesnoy (1)
- Helmut Jahn (1)
Famous architects born in the city
Famous architects who died in the city
- Victor Horta (6)