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The Monument to the Dynasty (French: Monument à la Dynastie; Dutch: Monument voor de Dynastie) is a monument erected in Brussels, Belgium, in memory of King Leopold I, first King of the Belgians. The monument is located in Laeken Park , on the Place de la Dynastie / Vorstenhuisplein , on top of a 50-metre-high (160 ft) hill.
Pages in category "Monuments and memorials in Belgium" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. ... Monument to John Cockerill, Brussels;
The monument was probably erected in front of Brussels-Luxembourg railway station because it was one of the first stations in Brussels, and Cockerill's workshops supplied Belgium's first rails, wagons and locomotives. On 1 February 2024, the monument was vandalised during a farmers' protest that took place in front of the European Parliament.
Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Brussels" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total. ... Monument to John Cockerill, Brussels;
The Mont des Arts (French, pronounced [mɔ̃ dez‿aʁ]) or Kunstberg (Dutch, pronounced [ˈkʏnstbɛr(ə)x] ⓘ), meaning "Hill/Mount of the Arts", is an urban complex and historic site in central Brussels, Belgium, including the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), the National Archives of Belgium, the Square – Brussels Meeting Centre, and a public garden.
Ireland ratified the convention on 16 September 1991. [3] As of 2025, Ireland has two sites on the list, and a further three on the tentative list. [3] The first site listed was Brú na Bóinne – Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne, in 1993. The second site, Sceilg Mhichíl, was listed in 1996.
In recent years, the palace has become an important venue for major diplomatic events in Brussels. The Treaty of Accession of Great Britain, Ireland, Norway and Denmark to the EEC was signed at the palace in 1972, [ 14 ] as was the Egmont Pact on the Belgian State reform during the second administration of then- Prime Minister Leo Tindemans in ...
The cathedral's origins are obscure, but historians agree that, as early as the 9th century, a chapel dedicated to Saint Michael probably stood in its place, on what was the most important point of Brussels at the time; the crossroads of two major trade routes—a first one connecting the County of Flanders and Cologne, and another between Antwerp and Mons, then France.