Heysel Plateau
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The Heysel or Heizel, sometimes the Heysel Plateau or Heysel Park, is a neighbourhood, park and exhibition space in Laeken, in the north-west of the City of Brussels, Belgium, where the Brussels Inter
Panoramic view of the Heysel/Heizel with the Atomium in the foreground
Choir of the old Church of Our Lady of Laeken in Laeken Cemetery
Former Institute of Agricultural Home Economics of Osseghem
View of the Jubilee Stadium in 1935
Expo 58
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Expo 58, also known as the 1958 Brussels World's Fair, was a world's fair held on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau in Brussels, Belgium, from 17 April to 19 October 1958. It was the first major world's fair
Heysel Plateau
…in Laeken, in the north-west of the City of Brussels, Belgium, where the Brussels International Exposition of 1935 and the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58) took place. The Atomium, a symbolic 102-metre-tall (335 ft) modernist structure, originally built for Expo 58, is the most impressive monument on the…
View of the exhibition's main avenue and gondola lift towards the Atomium
The Atomium, a landmark of Brussels, was built for Expo 58.
The Philips Pavilion was built to house a multimedia spectacle.
The Centenary Palace served as the exhibition's entrance hall.