Royal Palace (Brussels)
The Royal Palace ( Dutch Koninklijk Paleis , French Palais Royal ) in the center of the Belgian capital Brussels is the official palace of the King of the Belgians .
Located across from the Palace of the Nation at the other end of the Royal Park , it symbolizes the constitutional monarchy .
The Hofburg of the Burgundians and Habsburgs once stood at this point on the Koudenberg and burned down in 1731. It was replaced by a smaller residence . Wilhelm I , King of the Netherlands , decided in 1815 that the former four houses should be expanded into a royal palace . This was completed in 1829 . A year later, Belgium became independent and the new Belgian King Leopold I chose this palace as his residence.
His successor Leopold II gave the neo-baroque palace its present-day appearance. This conversion ended in 1903. Until the death of Queen Astrid in 1935 the palace was used as the residence of the Belgian royal family.
Then the then King Leopold III settled. to Laeken Castle , where the royal family still lives today. The Palais Royal in the center of Brussels is still the official residence of the king, serves him for state receptions and other official duties and houses the offices of the court. In addition, the palace now houses a museum with a collection on the royal Belgian dynasty, a branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha .
See also
Web links
- The Royal Palace of Brussels as a 3D model in SketchUp's 3D warehouse
Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 30 " N , 4 ° 21 ′ 43" E