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    The Central Boulevards (French: Boulevards du Centre; Dutch: Centrale Lanen) are a series of grand boulevards in central Brussels, Belgium. They were...
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    Boulevard Émile Jacqmain (French) or Émile Jacqmainlaan (Dutch) is a central boulevard in Brussels, Belgium. It was created following the covering of...
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    The Boulevard Anspach (French) or Anspachlaan (Dutch) is a central boulevard in Brussels, Belgium, connecting the Place de Brouckère/De Brouckèreplein...
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    mainly in the Marolles/Marollen district and west of the central boulevards. For the entire City of Brussels, there were 168,576 inhabitants; the majority...
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    Brussels-Central railway station (French: Gare de Bruxelles-Central; Dutch: Station Brussel-Centraal) is a railway and metro station in central Brussels...
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    The Boulevard Adolphe Max (French: [bul.vaʁ a.dɔlf maks]) or Adolphe Maxlaan (Dutch) is a central boulevard in Brussels, Belgium. It was created following...
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    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...
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    and the construction of modern buildings of Haussmann-esque style along grand central boulevards, characteristic of downtown Brussels today. Buildings such...
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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...
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    Nord-Midi. Brussels: Paul Legrain/CFC. OCLC 44643865. Demey, Thierry (2013). Bruxelles, des remparts aux boulevards (in French). Brussels: Badeaux....
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    in central Brussels, Belgium. It was created following the covering of the river Senne (1867–1871). The former Brussels Stock Exchange building, of which...
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    City of Brussels' mayor, Jules Anspach, selected a design by the architect Léon Suys to cover the river and build a series of grand central boulevards and...
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    Théâtre national Wallonie-Bruxelles (category City of Brussels)
    Wallonia-Brussels") is a theatre in central Brussels, Belgium, owned by the French Community of Belgium. It is located at 111/115, boulevard Émile Jacqmain/Émile...
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    Simon Bolivar/Simon Bolivarlaan in the Northern Quarter central business district of Brussels, Belgium. Its three towers are among the tallest buildings...
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    Kleine Ring) inner ring road, formally R20 and N0 is a series of roadways in central Brussels, Belgium, surrounding the historic city centre. The city centre...
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    Tunisian living illegally in Brussels, Belgium, opened fire on Swedish football supporters at the intersection of two boulevards just off the Square Sainctelette...
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    or Espace Nord; Dutch: Noordwijk or Noordruimte) is the central business district of Brussels, Belgium. Like La Défense in Paris, the Docklands in London...
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    Passage du Nord (category City of Brussels)
    Rieck, following the covering of the Senne and the creation of the Central Boulevards. It is decorated with 32 caryatids in the neoclassical style by Jean-François-Joseph...
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    Mont des Arts (category City of Brussels)
    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...
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    medieval City of Brussels, part of the Royal Museums of Art and History (RMAH). The Halle Gate is located on Boulevard du Midi/Zuidlaan, just south of the Marolles/Marollen...
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    part of the City of Brussels, along the Boulevard Léopold III/Leopold III-laan. The staff at the headquarters is composed of national delegations of NATO...
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    Place Fontainas (category City of Brussels)
    is a square in central Brussels, Belgium. It was created following the covering of the river Senne (1867–1871). It is named in honour of André-Napoléon...
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    of Brussels is a courthouse in Brussels, Belgium. It is the country's most important court building, seat of the judicial arrondissement of Brussels,...
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    Atomium (category Buildings and structures in Brussels)
    a landmark modernist building in Brussels, Belgium, originally constructed as the centrepiece of the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58). Designed by...
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    Place Anneessens (category City of Brussels)
    in central Brussels, Belgium. It is named in honour of François Anneessens, dean of the Nation of St. Christopher (one of the Guilds of Brussels), who...
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    Place de Brouckère (category City of Brussels)
    major square in central Brussels, Belgium. It was created following the covering of the river Senne (1867–1871), replacing the Temple of the Augustinians...
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    Place de la Monnaie (category City of Brussels)
    Schuiten, 1971) Belgium portal Central Boulevards of Brussels Neoclassical architecture in Belgium History of Brussels Belgium in the long nineteenth...
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    Brussels (Belgium) is considered the de facto capital of the European Union, having a long history of hosting a number of principal EU institutions within...
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    Place Charles Rogier (category Squares in Brussels)
    (Montois, 2007) Belgium portal Central Boulevards of Brussels Art Nouveau in Brussels Art Deco in Brussels History of Brussels Belgium in the long nineteenth...
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    Hendrik Beyaert (category Members of the Royal Academy of Belgium)
    the new central boulevards in Brussels and showed clear affinities with the famous Guild Houses at the nearby Grand-Place/Grote Markt (Brussels' main square)...
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