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List Of Parks And Gardens In Brussels
This is a list of parks and gardens in the Brussels-Capital Region divided by List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, municipality. A park or garden located on the territory of several municipalities is listed for each municipality. Anderlecht Auderghem, Audergem/Oudergem Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Berchem-Sainte-Agathe/Sint-Agatha-Berchem City of Brussels Pentagon Eastern districts Northern districts Southern districts Etterbeek Evere Forest, Belgium, Forest/Vorst Ganshoren Ixelles, Ixelles/Elsene Jette Koekelberg Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean/Sint-Jans-Molenbeek Saint-Gilles, Belgium, Saint Gilles/Saint-Gillis Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Saint-Josse-ten-Node/Sint-Joost-ten-Node Schaerbeek, Schaerbeek/Schaarbeek Uccle, Uccle/Ukkel Watermael-Boitsfort, Watermael-Boitsfort/Watermaal-Bosvoorde Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert/Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre/Sint-Pieters-Woluwe ...
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Val may refer to: Val-a Film * ''Val'' (film), an American documentary about Val Kilmer, directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo Military equipment * Aichi D3A, a Japanese World War II dive bomber codenamed "Val" by the Allies * AS Val, a Soviet assault rifle Music *''Val'', album by Val Doonican *VAL (band), Belarusian pop duo People * Val (given name), a unisex given name * Rafael Merry del Val (1865–1930), Spanish Catholic cardinal * Val (sculptor) (1967–2016), French sculptor * Val (footballer, born 1983), Lucivaldo Lázaro de Abreu, Brazilian football midfielder * Val (footballer, born 1997), Valdemir de Oliveira Soares, Brazilian football defensive midfielder Places * Val (Rychnov nad Kněžnou District), a village and municipality in the Czech Republic * Val (Tábor District), a village and municipality in the Czech Republic * Vál, a village in Hungary * Val, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran * Val, Italy, a ''frazione'' in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Veneto ...
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Mont Des Arts
The ( French, ) or (Dutch, ), meaning "Hill/Mount of the Arts", is an urban complex and historic site in central Brussels, Belgium, including the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), the National Archives of Belgium, the Square – Brussels Meeting Centre, and a public garden. This site is located between the / and the Place Royale/Koningsplein in its "upper" part, and the / and the / in its "lower" part. It is served by Brussels Central Station. History Early history The area of the Mont des Arts knew different affectations during its history. Jews settled there until the 14th century, as attested by the old or ("Jewish Stairs"), a former series of four steep staircases leading to Brussels' upper town. Later, it used to be a densely populated neighbourhood; the Saint-Roch Quarter (french: Quartier Saint-Roch, link=no, nl, Sint-Rochuswijk, link=no), centred around the now-disappeared / and the former / (today's /), where Brussels' first courthouse was located. Between ...
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Tour De La Porte De Hal Dans Son Jardin 01
Tour or Tours may refer to: Travel * Tourism, travel for pleasure * Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service * Campus tour, a journey through a college or university's campus * Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed by a guide * Walking tour, a visit of a historical or cultural site undertaken on foot Entertainment * Concert tour, a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different locations * Touring theatre, independent theatre that travels to different venues Sports * Professional golf tours, otherwise unconnected professional golf tournaments * Tennis tour, tennis played in tournament format at a series of venues * Events in various sports named the Pro Tour (other) * Tour de France ('), the world's biggest bicycle race Places * Tour-de-Faure, Lot, France * Tour-en-Bessin, Calvados, France * Tour-en-Sologne, Loir-et-Cher, France * Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France * Tours-en-Savoie, Savoie, France * Tours-en-Vimeu, Somme, F ...
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Marollen
The ( French, ) or (Dutch, ) is a popular historic neighbourhood of downtown Brussels, Belgium, situated between the Palace of Justice to its south-east, the Chapel Church to its north and the Halle Gate to its south. Its inhabitants are called ''Marolliens''. Lying at the heart of Marolles are the Place du Jeu de Balle/Vossenplein, home to the ''Old Market'', and the Cité Hellemans collective housing complex. Major arteries of the district include the /, the / and the /. This area is served by Brussels-Chapel railway station and Brussels-South railway station, as well as by the metro and ''premetro'' (underground tram) station Porte de Hal/Hallepoort on lines 2, 3, 4 and 6. The traditional Brabantian dialect of Brussels (known as Brusselian, and also sometimes referred to as Marols or Marollien) was widely spoken in the Marolles until the 20th century. It still survives among a small minority of inhabitants called ''Brusseleers'' (or ''Brusseleirs''), many of them q ...
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Halle Gate
The Halle Gate (french: Porte de Hal, ; nl, Hallepoort) is a former medieval city gate and the last vestige of the Fortifications of Brussels#Second walls, second walls of Brussels, Belgium. Built between 1381 and 1383, it was heavily restored in the 19th century in its current Gothic Revival architecture, neo-Gothic style by the architect Hendrik Beyaert, Henri Beyaert. It is now a museum dedicated to the medieval City of Brussels, part of the Royal Museums of Art and History (RMAH). The Halle Gate is located on /, just south of the Marollen, Marolles/Marollen neighbourhood, between the City of Brussels and Saint-Gilles, Belgium, Saint-Gilles municipalities. This site is served by Brussels-South railway station, as well as by the Brussels Metro, metro and ''Trams in Brussels, premetro'' (underground tram) station Porte de Hal metro station, Porte de Hal/Hallepoort on lines Brussels Metro line 2, 2, Brussels tram route 3, 3, Brussels tram route 4, 4 and Brussels Metro line 6, 6 ...
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Palais D'Egmont Egmontpaleis Brussels 2012-08
Palais () may refer to: * Dance hall, popularly a ''palais de danse'', in the 1950s and 1960s in the UK * ''Palais'', French for palace **Grand Palais, the Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées ** Petit Palais, an art museum in Paris * Palais River in the French ''département'' of Deux-Sèvres Deux-Sèvres () is a French department. ''Deux-Sèvres'' literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department. It had a population of 374,878 in 2019.
* Palais Theatre, historic cinema ("picture palace") in Melbourne, Australia * Richard Palais (born 1931), American mathematician * Le Palais, a commune in Morbiha ...
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Sablon, Brussels
The () or (Dutch) is a neighbourhood and hill in the historic upper town of Brussels, Belgium. At its heart are twin squares: the larger or ("Large Sablon") square in the north-west and the smaller or ("Small Sablon") square and garden in the south-east, divided by the Church of Our Blessed Lady of the Sablon. This area is served by Brussels-Chapel railway station and Brussels Central Station, as well as the tram stop / (on lines 92 and 93). History Early history The Sablon lies near the Mont des Arts/Kunstberg neighbourhood, and lay not far outside the first walls of Brussels. It was originally an unused open space, with areas of wetlands, grassland and sand, where a hermit made his home. The words in French and in Dutch both mean a fine-grained sand, halfway between silt and sand. Saint John's Hospital (french: Hôpital Saint-Jean, link=no, nl, Sint-Jansgasthuis, link=no) used the area as a cemetery in the 13th century, having run out of space in its own cemetery. ...
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Egmont Palace
The Egmont Palace (french: Palais d'Egmont, nl, Egmontpaleis), also sometimes known as the Arenberg Palace (french: Palais d'Arenberg, link=no, nl, Arenbergpaleis, link=no), is a Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical palace in Brussels, Belgium. It was originally built between 1548 and 1560 for Countess Françoise of Luxembourg and Lamoral, Count of Egmont, though its appearance was heavily modified in the 18th century. It was partly destroyed by fire in 1892, after which it was once again reconstructed. Today, it houses the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Belgium), Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The palace is situated in the Sablon, Brussels, Sablon/Zavel district (south-eastern part of Pentagon (Brussels), Brussels' city centre), between the / and the /. This site is served by Porte de Namur metro station, Porte de Namur/Naamsepoort metro station (on lines Brussels Metro line 2, 2 and Brussels Metro line 6, 6 of the Brussels Metro), as well as the Trams in Brussels, tra ...
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Brussels Park In Summer 2007 1
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, but is separate from the Flemish Region (within which it forms an enclave) and the Walloon Region. Brussels is the most densely populated region in Belgium, and although it has the highest GDP per capita, it has the lowest available income per household. The Brussels Region covers , a relatively small area compared to the two other regions, and has a population of over 1.2 million. The five times larger metropolitan area of Brussels ...
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Brussels Park
Brussels Park (french: Parc de Bruxelles, ; nl, Warandepark) is the largest urban public park in central Brussels, Belgium. Formerly known and still sometimes colloquially referred to as the Royal Park (french: Parc royal, nl, Koninklijk Park), it was also the city's first public park. The area of the rectangular park is . The park is surrounded by the / to the south, the Rue Royale/Koningsstraat to the west, the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat to the north and the / to the east. The main entrance is on the northern side, opposite the Belgian House of Parliament (Palace of the Nation). An avenue leads to the main pond, from which three other avenues offer views of three important places in Brussels: the Palace of Justice, the Royal Palace and the /. This area is served by Brussels Central Station, as well as by the metro stations Parc/Park (on lines 1 and 5) and Trône/Troon (on lines 2 and 6). History Origins Brussels Park lies on the site of the gardens of the former P ...
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City Of Brussels
The City of Brussels (french: Ville de Bruxelles or alternatively ''Bruxelles-Ville'' ; nl, Stad Brussel or ''Brussel-Stad'') is the largest municipality and historical City centre, centre of the Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the capital of the Flemish Region (from which it is List of capitals outside the territories they serve, separate) and Belgium. The City of Brussels is also the administrative centre of the European Union, as it hosts a number of principal Institutions of the European Union, EU institutions in its Brussels and the European Union#European Quarter, European Quarter. Besides the central historic town located within the Pentagon (Brussels), Pentagon, the City of Brussels covers some of the city's immediate outskirts within the greater Brussels-Capital Region, namely Haren, Belgium, Haren, Laeken, and Neder-Over-Heembeek to the north, as well as the Avenue Louise, Avenue Louise/Louizalaan and the Bois de la Cambre, Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamer ...
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