Leopold Quarter
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The Leopold Quarter is a quarter of Brussels, Belgium. The term is sometimes confused with the European Quarter, as the area has come to be dominated by the institutions of the European Union and rela
Aerial view of the European Quarter (including parts of the Leopold Quarter)
The Square Frère Orban/Frère-Orbansquare with the Church of St. Joseph
The area is dominated by medium-rise office blocks dating from the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
The Place du Luxembourg/Luxemburgplein, with what remains of the old Luxembourg Station building centre, and the European Parliament behind. The Place du Luxembourg retains some of the more traditional architectural elements, while the parliamentary complex dominates the now largely institutional area.
Leopold I of Belgium
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Leopold I was the first king of the Belgians, reigning from 21 July 1831 until his death in 1865.
Leopold Quarter
…was created in 1837, soon after Belgian independence, as a prestigious residential area for the elite of the new Belgian capital, and was named after King Leopold I. It remained the most prestigious residential address in the capital until the early 20th century when many of its former residents began to relocate…
Portrait by Nicaise de Keyser, 1856
Ehrenburg Palace in Coburg, where Leopold was born in 1790, pictured c. 1900
Napoleon and Alexander I depicted at the Congress of Erfurt
The charge of the cuirassiers at the Battle of Kulm