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The Arts Mountain (City of Brussels)
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The arts mountain (French: Mont des Arts, Dutch: Kunstberg) is a area in the centre of Brussels. Historically this was the location of the Saint-Roch quarter (Dutch: Sint-Rochuswijk), one of the oldest parts of the city of Brussels. It was demolished around 1900 to make room for a grand museum in the same style as the Brussels Law Courts. It took years to find the funds, because of that King Leopold II asked a French architect to design a temporary park. In 1910 the park was opened and was very popular with the local inhabitants.
In the late '50 of the 20th century the park was demolished to make room for the newly designed Royal Library, a underground parking and the Congress Palace. A new much simpler and more modernist park was built on top of the congress palace.
In the late '50 of the 20th century the park was demolished to make room for the newly designed Royal Library, a underground parking and the Congress Palace. A new much simpler and more modernist park was built on top of the congress palace.
Categories: park, panoramic view, interesting place
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°50'37"N 4°21'25"E
- Espace Léopold, European Parliament 1.1 km
- Ixelles ponds 2.1 km
- Abbey of La Cambre/Ter Kameren 2.8 km
- The Royal Castle of Laken 5 km
- Scheutbospark 5.3 km
- Royal Domain 5.5 km
- Keizersberg Abbey 24 km
- Fortress Breendonk 24 km
- Saint Bernard's Abbey 32 km
- Castle Noorderwijk 47 km
- Royal Library of Belgium 0.1 km
- Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium 0.2 km
- BNP Paribas Fortis (Horta) 0.3 km
- Sablon 0.4 km
- Brussels City Center 0.4 km
- Royal Palace of Brussels 0.5 km
- Brussels Park 0.5 km
- Brussels-Capital Region 0.7 km
- Saint-Josse-ten-Noode 1.4 km
- Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek 2.9 km