The Concert Noble is a

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built by

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Brussels 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, Bruss ...

, Belgium. It is located in the Leopold Quarter, at 82, /, between Rue Belliard/Belliardstraat and Rue de la Loi/Wetsraat.

History

The Concert Noble Society was founded in 1785 by Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen, and her husband Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, whose portraits hang in the building. The current building was constructed under

King Leopold II * german: link=no, Leopold Ludwig Philipp Maria Viktor , house = Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , father = Leopold I of Belgium , mother = Louise of Orléans , birth_date = , birth_place = Brussels, Belgium , death_date = ...

in 1873. The ornate rooms are decorated with several portraits of the Belgian royal family. The rooms can still be rented for private social events. In the final decades of the 20th century, the rooms were listed as protected heritage and restored in their original style. Concert Noble Brussels 02

Use

The rooms are famous as the setting for balls attended by the Belgian, Austrian and Hungarian nobility. The Belgian elite often prefer to hold their society events in this old ball room. The rooms are also sometimes used for international meetings. In 2016, then-

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used the rooms for a lecture.

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References

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