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Under the reign of King Leopold II, following the covering of the river Senne (1867–1871), Brussels was remodelled with large boulevards and green avenues. The then-mayor of the City of Brussels, Jules Anspach, contributed to the transformation of the urban landscape of the capital by the realisation of thoroughfares from the North Station to the South Station, including from south to north ...
The 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region [1] [2] are the political subdivisions of Belgium's central region. [3] The government of each municipality is responsible for the handling of local level duties, such as law enforcement and the upkeep of schools and roads within its borders. [4]
The Solbosch campus of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), a French-speaking university, with about 20,000 students, is also situated on the Avenue Franklin Roosevelt. No. 52: Blomme House (1928), a modernist house designed by Adrien Blomme [ fr ] for his personal use (offices and apartments), whose entrance is flanked by two bas-reliefs ...
The Sablon (French, pronounced ⓘ) or Zavel (Dutch, pronounced ⓘ) is a neighbourhood and hill in the historic upper town of Brussels, Belgium.At its heart are twin squares: the larger Grand Sablon or Grote Zavel ("Large Sablon") square in the north-west and the smaller Petit Sablon or Kleine Zavel ("Small Sablon") square and garden in the south-east, divided by the Church of Our Lady of ...
The Rue Neuve (French, pronounced [ʁy nœv]) or Nieuwstraat (Dutch, pronounced [ˈniustraːt]), meaning "New Street", is a pedestrian street in central Brussels, Belgium.It runs between the Place de la Monnaie/Muntplein and the Rue du Fossé aux Loups / Wolvengracht to the south and the Place Charles Rogier/Karel Rogierplein and the Boulevard du Jardin botanique/Kruidtuinlaan to the north.
The "Linguistic Wars" affected the Free University, which split along language lines in 1969 in the aftermath of student unrest at Leuven the previous year. Today, two institutions carry the "Free University of Brussels" name: the French-speaking Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and the Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).
Sometimes referred to as the urban area of Brussels (French: aire urbaine de Bruxelles, Dutch: stedelijk gebied van Brussel) or Greater Brussels (French: Grand-Bruxelles, Dutch: Groot-Brussel), this area extends over a large part of the two Brabant provinces, including much of the surrounding arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde and some small ...
In September 1, 2020 the Régie du logement du Québec was renamed to the Tribunal administratif du logement du Québec (TAL). The Board is responsible for dealing with disputes between landlords and tenants and has exclusive jurisdiction to hear cases relating to leases residential worth less than $70,000 .