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The Royal Trust Society of Belgium (Dutch: Koninklijke Schenking, French: Donation royale) was a donation to the state proposed in a letter by King Leopold II of Belgium on 9 April 1900. In addition some properties were added to the donation in a letter of 15 November 1900.
Trevi (Italian:; Latin: Trebiae) is an ancient town and comune (municipality) in Umbria, Italy, on the lower flank of Mount Serano overlooking the wide plain of the Clitunno river system. Located in the Province of Perugia , it is 10 km (6 mi) SSE of Foligno and 20 km (12 mi) north of Spoleto .
Trevi is the 2nd rione of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials R. II, located in Municipio I.The origin of its name is not clear, but the most accepted theory is that it comes from the Latin trivium (meaning 'three streets'), because there were three streets all leading to the current Piazza dei Crociferi, a square next to the modern Trevi square.
Currently, the Belgian crown recognizes (in ascending order) the titles of jonkheer, knight, baron, viscount, count, marquis, duke and prince.The persons who legally are member of the nobility have the legal right to protect their family name and coat of arms.
The Trevi Fountain (Italian: Fontana di Trevi) is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and ...
Prolific Italian illustrator and engraver Bartolomeo Pinelli (1771–1835) was buried in Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi, as was Russian princess Zinaida Volkonskaya. Its travertine façade has proved porous; restoration with liquid hydraulic mortar and other materials was undertaken in 1989–90, to arrest deterioration.
The Avenue de Tervueren (French, pronounced [avny də tɛʁvyʁœn]) or Tervurenlaan (Dutch, pronounced [tɛrˈvyːrə(n)ˌlaːn]) is a major thoroughfare in Brussels, Belgium. It was originally commissioned by King Leopold II as part of his building campaign, and was finished in 1897, in time for the Brussels International Exhibition of that year.
Telenet Group N.V. is the largest provider of cable broadband services in Belgium.Its business comprises the provision of analog and digital cable television, fixed and mobile telephone services, primarily to residential customers in Flanders and Brussels.