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Edmond Van Eetvelde
Stanislas Marie Léon Edmond van Eetvelde ( 21 April 1852 – 8 December 1925) was a close collaborator of King Leopold II of Belgium, and was regent of Leopold's Congo Free State. He is also famous for commissioning the Belgian Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta in 1898 to build the Hôtel van Eetvelde, his private residence in Brussels. Early years Edmond van Eetvelde was born on 21 April 1852 in Postel, Mol in northeast Belgium. He came from a French-speaking family in Aalst, but his parents came from the Mol region. He studied at the ''Athénée'' of Liège then took courses at the Higher Institute of Commerce in Antwerp, where he graduated in 1871 with great distinction. This earned him a scholarship which enabled him to go to China to study the possibilities of trading there. China and India He arrived in Shanghai in 1872. He quickly wrote a report while there laying out the opportunities for Belgium to build railways in China. He worked on site for the customs servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mol, Belgium
Mol () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Mol. In 2021, Mol had a total population of 37,021 inhabitants. The total area is 114.19 km2. Mol is a popular holiday resort, with many lakes surrounded by woods. There are two main tourist lakes: *Zilvermeer, which opened as a Provincial Park in 1959 and offers a white sand beach as well as facilities such as an outdoor playground and an underwater museum for divers. *Zilverstrand: Originally, it had only an outdoor lake with a white sand beach. Later, a caravan park was built and mid-1990s an indoor swimming pool was created. Furthermore, there is a Sun Parks holiday centre called "Kempense Meren" with an indoor swimming pool. The museum of Jakob Smits is located in the former vicarage of Mol-Sluis. This displays works of the artist Jakob Smits (1855-1928) and other painters of the Molse School, who were attracted to the area by its rustic views including severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
