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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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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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Temple of Human Passions |
The Temple of Human Passions (French: Temple des passions humaines; Dutch: Tempel van de menselijke driften), also known as Pavillon Horta-Lambeaux, is a neoclassical pavilion in the form of a Greek temple that was built by Victor Horta in 1896 in the Cinquantenaire Park of Brussels. Although classi... |
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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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Cinquantenaire |
Parc du Cinquantenaire (French for "Park of the Fiftieth Anniversary") or Jubelpark (Dutch for "Jubilee Park") is a large public, urban park (30 hectares) in the easternmost part of the European Quarter in Brussels, Belgium.
Most buildings of the U-shaped complex which dominate the park were commis... |
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Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium |
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Dutch: Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België, French: Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique) is one of the most famous museums in Belgium.
The museums are situated in the capital Brussels in the downtown area on the Coudenberg. There are four... |
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Statue of Europe in Brussels |
The Statue of Europe (also referred to as Unity in Peace) is a sculpture symbolising peace through European integration, while at the same time aiming to demonstrate the motto of the European Union (EU), United in Diversity. It is located in the garden of Convent Van Maerlant (the library of the Eur... |
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Brussels Stock Exchange |
The Brussels Stock Exchange (BSE) (French: Bourse de Bruxelles, Dutch: Beurs van Brussel) was founded in Brussels, Belgium, by Napoleonic decree in 1801. On 22 September 2000, the BSE merged with Paris Bourse, Lisbon Stock Exchange and the stock exchanges of Amsterdam, to form Euronext N.V., the fir... |
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Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Brussels |
The National Basilica of the Sacred Heart (French: Basilique Nationale du Sacré-Cœur; Dutch: Nationale Basiliek van het Heilig-Hart) is a Roman Catholic Minor Basilica and parish church in Brussels. The church was dedicated to the Sacred Heart, inspired by the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur in Paris. Symb... |
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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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