Villa Empain
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The Villa Empain is a historic house in Brussels, Belgium, which currently serves as a cultural centre and exhibition space. It was designed by the Swiss-Belgian architect Michel Polak for Baron Louis
The Villa Empain seen from the Avenue Franklin Roosevelt/Franklin Rooseveltlaan
Rear of the Villa Empain, showing the large original swimming pool
Entrance
Main hall
Édouard Empain
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Édouard Louis Joseph, 1st Baron Empain, was a wealthy Walloon Belgian engineer, entrepreneur, financier and industrialist, as well as an amateur Egyptologist. During World War I he became a known majo
Villa Empain
…cultural centre and exhibition space. It was designed by the Swiss-Belgian architect Michel Polak for Baron Louis Empain, the son of the industrialist Édouard Empain, and built between 1930 and 1934, in Art Deco style. Intended as a luxurious private residence, the villa features polished granite façades and high-end…
Baron Empain Palace (Qasr Al Baron), Heliopolis, Egypt.
Major-General Baron Empain