Hotel Métropole, Brussels
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The Hotel Métropole is a currently closed five-star luxury hotel in central Brussels, Belgium. It was built in 1872–1874 in an eclectic style with neo-Renaissance and Louis XVI influences. The hotel o
The Hotel Métropole seen from the Place de Brouckère/De Brouckèreplein
The 1911 Solvay Conference in Brussels was the first world physics conference.
The Hotel Métropole in the 1920s
The Café Métropole in the 1980s
Solvay Conference
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The Solvay Conferences have been devoted to preeminent unsolved problems in both physics and chemistry. They began with the historic invitation-only 1911 Solvay Conference on Physics, considered a tur
Hotel Métropole, Brussels
…rooms with a patio above the cinema. The Hotel Métropole is famous for having hosted numerous national and international events, including the first Solvay Conference on Physics and on Chemistry in 1911, which brought together personalities such as Einstein, Marie Curie and Henri Poincaré. Moreover, it is the birthplace…
Second Conference, 1913
Third Conference, 1921