The Mont des Arts or Kunstberg, meaning "Hill/Mount of the Arts", is an urban complex and historic site in central Brussels, Belgium, including the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), the National Archives of Belgium, the Square – Brussels Meeting Centre, and a public garden.
The spire of Brussels' Town Hall seen from the Mont des Arts/Kunstberg
The palace and gardens of Coudenberg in 1659, L. Vorsterman the Younger
The "Jewish Stairs" in 1913 with the Hôtel Ravenstein on the left, before the major works in the city centre
Destruction of the Saint-Roch Quarter in 1897–98 to make space for the Mont des Arts/Kunstberg
The Royal Library of Belgium is the national library of Belgium. The library has a history that goes back to the age of the Dukes of Burgundy. In the second half of the 20th century, a new building was constructed on the Mont des Arts/Kunstberg in central Brussels, near the Central Station. The library owns several collections of historical importance, like the Library of the Dukes of Burgundy, and is the depository for all books ever published in Belgium or abroad by Belgian authors.
The Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) and the Equestrian Statue of Albert I
The library's copy of the 1595 atlas of Gerardus Mercator
Saint George leaning on his spear by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1506)
Saint George freeing the Princess by Lucas van Leyden (1508)
