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The Cinquantenaire Arch, 30-metre-wide (98 ft) and 45-metre-high (148 ft), has three bays of equal dimensions. The ceiling, whose arches are semi-circular, is made up of stone caissons, decorated for half of them with a laurel wreath, and for the rest with the acronym meaning "The King, and Law, and Liberty!", one of Belgium's official pledges ...
The Cinquantenaire was used as a filming location for Lucile Hadžihalilović's film Innocence in 2004. [9] The Cinquantenaire Arch was featured in the urban planning simulation video game SimCity in 2013. [23] The music video for Stromae's song Fils de joie, part of his album Multitude, was also filmed there in 2022. [10]
This list of bridges in Belgium ... Location Province Ref. Pont des Trous dismantled in 2019: Bridge castle Cultural heritage: 53 m (174 ft) Masonry 3 pointed arches:
Pages in category "Arch bridges in Belgium" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Antoing Bridge; J.
The Menin Gate (Dutch: Menenpoort), officially the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, [a] is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are unknown. The memorial is located at the eastern exit of the town and marks the starting point ...
The Gileppe Dam (French Barrage de la Gileppe) is an arch-gravity dam on the Gileppe river in Jalhay, Liège province, Wallonia, Belgium.It was built in the 1870s to supply water for the wool industry in nearby Verviers.
The Kingdom of Belgium accepted the convention on 24 July 1996, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] Belgium has 16 sites inscribed on the list. The first sites to be added to the list were the Flemish Béguinages, the Grand-Place in Brussels and the lifts on the Canal du Centre, at the 22nd UNESCO session in 1998 ...
The Archdiocese of Mechelen was renamed the Archdiocese of Mechelen–Brussels on 8 December 1961 as part of a restructuring of the Catholic dioceses in Belgium. [3] Two new dioceses were created. On the same day, the Diocese of Antwerp was created from areas previously administered by the Archdiocese of Mechelen.