Academy Palace (City of Brussels)

Belgium / Brussel / Brussels / City of Brussels / Rue Ducale / Hertogstraat, 1
 palace, listed building / architectural heritage, 19th century construction
This palace was built as a palace for the Dutch crown prince between 1823 and 1828. After Belgian independence it became the palace for the Royal Academies.

There are 5 Academies located in the Palace of the Academies:
the Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, which had been founded in 1772, and the Académie royale de Médecine de Belgique founded in 1841. Three further academies came to share the space: the Académie royale de Langue et de Littérature françaises, founded in 1920; the Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België founded in 1938, called since 1999 the Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten; and the Koninklijke Academie voor Geneeskunde van België also founded in 1938

In this building

  1. Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique
  2. Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten
  3. Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique
  4. Académie royale de médecine de Belgique
  5. Koninklijke Academie voor Geneeskunde van België
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Palace
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Coordinates:   50°50'31"N   4°21'56"E
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