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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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Heysel Plateau |
The Heysel Exhibition Park is the place in the north of the centre of Brussels, Belgium, where the Brussels International Exposition (1935) and the Expo '58 took place.
The Atomium, built for the World's Fair of 1958, is the most impressive monument in the Heysel Park. The Centenary Palace is one o... |
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Manneken Pis |
Manneken Pis (literally Little Man Pee in Marols, a Dutch dialect spoken in Brussels, also known in French as le Petit Julien), is a famous landmark in Brussels, Belgium. It is a small bronze fountain sculpture depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin.
The 61 cm tall bronze ... |
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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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Royal Palace of Brussels |
The Royal Palace of Brussels (French: Palais Royal de Bruxelles; Dutch: Koninklijk Paleis van Brussel) is the official palace of the King of the Belgians in the centre of the nation's capital Brussels. However it is not used as a royal residence, as the king and his family live in the Royal Castle o... |
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Botanical Garden of Brussels |
The Botanical Garden of Brussels stands on Rue Royale in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, near the Northern Quarter financial district in Brussels.
Originally founded in 1826 and partly designed by architect Tilman-François Suys, the main orangery (Le Botanique) is composed of a central rotunda with a dome, ... |
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Bois de la Cambre |
Ter Kamerenbos (Dutch) or Bois de la Cambre (French) is an urban public park on the edge of the Sonian Forest in Brussels, Belgium. It has an area of 1.23 square kilometres. The park lies in the south of the Brussels-Capital Region, and in the municipality of the City of Brussels. It is linked to th... |
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