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In 1885, the Belgian Workers' Party (POB/BWP), the first socialist party in Belgium, was founded during a meeting at the Grand-Place, at the same place where the First International had convened, and where Karl Marx had written The Communist Manifesto in 1848. [59] [5] The Grand-Place, c. 1895, with the bandstand in its centre
The Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ palɛ de ʃɑ̃z‿elize]; English: Great Palace of the Champs-Élysées), commonly known as the Grand Palais, is a historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris between the Champs-Élysées and the Seine, France.
The Grand Palace is bordered by Sanam Luang and Na Phra Lan Road to the north, Maharaj Road to the west, Sanam Chai Road to the east and Thai Wang Road to the south. Rather than being a single structure, the Grand Palace is made up of numerous buildings, halls, pavilions set around open lawns, gardens and courtyards.
Site plan of the Grand-Place/Grote Markt in Brussels. The Grand-Place/Grote Markt in Brussels, Belgium, is lined on each side with a number of guildhalls and a few private houses. At first modest structures, in their current form, they are largely the result of the reconstruction after the bombardment of 1695.
The Grand Ducal Palace (Luxembourgish: Groussherzogleche Palais, French: Palais grand-ducal, German: Großherzogliches Palais) is a palace in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is the official residence of the grand duke of Luxembourg , and where he performs most of his duties as head of state of the grand duchy, though his principal ...
"Column of the Goddess", erected to commemorate the Lille citizens' stand against the Austrian army Column of the Goddess on Grand Place. The church was never to be re-built and the Grand' Place of Lille is still one of the few local central places without either a church or a belfry (unlike similar cities such as Bruges and Brussels).
Here’s a look at the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric. Personal. Birth date: August 4, 1930. Birth place: Mashhad, Iran. Birth name: Sayyid Ali ...
3.1.1 Grand Staircase. 3.1.2 Royal Library. 3.1.3 Royal ... The wedding banquet of Prince Felipe and Letizia Ortiz took place on 22 May 2004 in the central courtyard ...