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Royal Castle of Laeken |
The Royal Castle of Laeken (French: Château de Laeken; Dutch: Kasteel van Laken) is the official residence of the King of the Belgians.
The castle was built at Laeken between 1782-1784 after the plans of the French architect Charles de Wailly under supervision of Louis Montoyer as a summer residenc... |
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Leopold Park |
Parc Léopold (French) or Leopoldspark (Dutch) is a public park located within the Leopold Quarter (European Quarter) of Brussels, adjacent to the Paul-Henri Spaak building, the seat of the European Parliament.
The 10-hectare (25 acre) park was opened to the public in 1880 after the unpopular Royal ... |
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Charlemagne building |
The Charlemagne building is a high-rise in the European Quarter of Brussels (Belgium), which houses the Directorate-General for Trade and the Directorate General for Enlargement of the European Commission.
The building has 3 wings and 15 floors. It is located at 170 Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, in the ... |
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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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Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History |
The Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History (French: Musée Royal de l’Armée et d’Histoire Militaire; Flemish: Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de Krijgsgeschiedenis) is a museum that occupies the two northernmost halls of the historic complex in Cinquantenaire Park in Brussels, Belgi... |
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Halle Gate |
The Halle Gate (French: Porte de Hal; Dutch: Hallepoort) is a medieval fortified city gate of the second walls of Brussels.
Built in 1381, Halle Gate is a 14th century city gate from the second set of defensive walls that enclosed Brussels. The gate was named for the city of Halle (French: Hal) in ... |
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Musical Instrument Museum in Brussels |
The Musical Instrument Museum is a music museum in central Brussels, Belgium. It is part of the Royal Museums for Art and History and internationally renowned for its collection of over 8000 instruments. The museum's current location, as of 2000, is in the former Old England department store, built ... |
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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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Atomium |
The Atomium is a monument in Brussels, originally built for Expo '58, the 1958 Brussels World's Fair.
Designed by André Waterkeyn, it stands 102 metres (335 ft) tall. It has nine steel spheres connected so that the whole forms the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times.... |
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