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The Avenue Louise (French, pronounced [av.ny lwiz]) or Louizalaan is a major thoroughfare in Brussels, Belgium.It is located in the southern part of the City of Brussels, on the border with the municipalities of Saint-Gilles and Ixelles, where it runs south–east from the Place Louise/Louizaplein [] to the Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos, covering a distance of 2.7 km (1.7 mi).
The Rue de la Loi (French, pronounced [ʁy d(ə) la lwa]) or Wetstraat (Dutch, pronounced [ˈʋɛtstraːt]), meaning "Law Street", is a major street running through central and eastern Brussels, Belgium, which is famous due to the presence of several notable Belgian and European Union (EU) governmental buildings.
Still on the south-eastern side, between the Rue des Chapeliers / Hoedenmakersstraat and the Rue de la Colline / Bergstraat, are the houses no. 13 to 19. On the north-eastern side, the King's House, which is located between the Rue des Harengs / Haringstraat and the Rue Chair et Pain / Vlees-en-Broodstraat , is to the right of the houses no. 20 ...
The Place Royale was built on the former site of the Place des Bailles / Baliënplein, the main market square adjacent to the former Castle and then Palace of Coudenberg, [3] [5] which was the residence (and seat of power) of the counts, dukes, archdukes, kings, emperors or governors who, from the 12th century to the 18th century, exerted their sovereignty over the Duchy of Brabant and later ...
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 ...
Besides the central historic town located within the Pentagon, the City of Brussels covers some of the city's immediate outskirts within the greater Brussels-Capital Region, namely the former municipalities of Haren, Laeken, and Neder-Over-Heembeek to the north, as well as the Avenue Louise/Louizalaan and the Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos ...
The Atomium (/ ə ˈ t oʊ m i ə m / ə-TOH-mee-əm, French:, Dutch: [aːˈtoːmijəm]) is a landmark [2] modernist building in Brussels, Belgium, originally constructed as the centrepiece of the 1958 Brussels World's Fair ().
Brussels: Musées de la Ville de Bruxelles. ISBN 978-2-9600373-1-9. Demey, Thierry (1990). Bruxelles, chronique d'une capitale en chantier (in French). Vol. I: Du voûtement de la Senne à la jonction Nord-Midi. Brussels: Paul Legrain/CFC. OCLC 44643865. Demey, Thierry (2013). Bruxelles, des remparts aux boulevards (in French). Brussels: Badeaux.