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The Royal Palace of Brussels (French: Palais royal de Bruxelles [palɛ ʁwajal də bʁysɛl]; Dutch: Koninklijk Paleis van Brussel [ˈkoːnɪŋklək paːˈlɛis fɑm ˈbrʏsəl]; [a] German: Königlicher Palast von Brüssel [ˈkøːnɪklɪçɐ paˈlast fɔn ˈbʁʏsl̩]) is the official palace of the King and Queen of the Belgians in the centre of the nation's capital, Brussels.
Charlotte of Belgium (French: Marie Charlotte Amélie Augustine Victoire Clémentine Léopoldine; 7 June 1840 – 19 January 1927), known by the Spanish version of her name, Carlota, was by birth a princess of Belgium and member of the House of Wettin in the branch of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (as such she was also styled Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duchess in Saxony).
The Place des Palais is flanked by Brussels Park to the north, the Royal Palace of Brussels to the south, the Academy Palace to the east and the BELvue Museum to the west. This area is served by Brussels-Central railway station, as well as by the metro stations Parc/Park (on lines 1 and 5) and Trône/Troon (on lines 2 and 6).
Queen Paola walks with Laura Bush during a tour of the Royal Palace of Brussels in February 2005. Apart from her activities in the company of King Albert II, Paola devotes her time to social issues mainly in the social and cultural sphere. [8] The Queen has demonstrated interest in the contemporary Belgian arts, visiting Venetian Biennale ...
The museum was founded on 1 September 1801 by Napoleon [1] [2] and opened in 1803 as the Museum of Fine Arts of Brussels (French: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Dutch: Museum voor Schone Kunsten van Brussel), occupying fourteen rooms of the former Palace of Charles of Lorraine, known as the "Old Court".
Royal Palace of Brussels; S. Stoclet Palace This page was last edited on 22 August 2020, at 05:30 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Royal Palace of Brussels Palais Royal de Bruxelles / Koninklijk Paleis van Brussel: City of Brussels: Official residence of the Belgian Court: Royal Castle of Laeken Château Royal de Laeken / Koninklijk Kasteel van Laken: Laeken: Residence of the King of the Belgians: Stoclet Palace Palais Stoclet / Stocletpaleis: Woluwe-Saint-Pierre: Château ...
Princess Clémentine of Belgium, ca. 1880. Third daughter of King Leopold II of Belgium and Queen Marie Henriette, Clémentine Albertine Marie Léopoldine of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born at the Palace of Laeken on 30 July 1872, at 6 p.m., three years after the accidental death of her older brother Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, the King's sole direct heir.