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Elie Lainé
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Elie Lainé was a French landscape architect, chiefly remembered for the restoration of the gardens at Vaux-le-Vicomte, the layout of the grounds at Waddesdon Manor and the creation of numerous parks a
Avenue du Château d'Armainvilliers
Avenue du Château d'Armainvilliers
Part of the gardens at Waddesdon Manor
Part of the gardens at Waddesdon Manor
The restored gardens at Vaux-le-Vicomte
The restored gardens at Vaux-le-Vicomte
Royal Castle of Ciergnon in the Ardennes
Royal Castle of Ciergnon in the Ardennes
Africa Palace
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The Africa Palace or Palace of Africa is a neoclassical palace in Tervuren in Flemish Brabant, Belgium, just outside Brussels. It was originally built in 1897 by order of King Leopold II to house the
Elie Lainé
…worked for Leopold II, having been recommended to the Belgian king by Ferdinand de Rothschild. His designs included the neoclassical gardens at the Palace of the Colonies (now the Royal Museum for Central Africa) in Tervuren, created for the 1897 Brussels World's Fair; the naturalistic Woluwe Park in Brussels; the grounds…
Front view of the Africa Palace
Front view of the Africa Palace
Poster for the colonial section of the 1897 International Exposition
Poster for the colonial section of the 1897 International Exposition
Wooden structure by Georges Hobé [fr] in the Hall of the Great Cultures during the exhibition
Wooden structure by Georges Hobé [fr] in the Hall of the Great Cultures during the exhibition
The 'Congolese Village' human zoo during the exhibition
The 'Congolese Village' human zoo during the exhibition