Royal Square & Mount of Arts (Brussels, Belgium), 13.01.2019
Royal Square (Place Royale) is a square in the center of #Brussels with a monument to Gottfried Bouillon (1060-1100), Count Bouillon in 1076-1096, Duke of Lower Lorraine in 1087-1096, Governor of the Jerusalem Kingdom from 1099. Behind the monument is the Church of Saint Jacques-sur-Coudenberg (Église Saint-Jacques-sur-Coudenberg), built in 1775-1786.
The Mount of Arts (Mont des Arts) is a hill in the center of Brussels, which got its name from the Royal Museum of Art, which is located here. On the left side there is the Royal Library of Belgium. Further on down a statue of Albert I, the King of the Belgians in 1909-1934 is erected. In the background stands the Town Hall (Hôtel de Ville).
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Королевская площадь - площадь в центре Брюсселя с памятником Готфриду Бульонскому (1060-1100) - графу Бульонскому в 1076-1096 годах, герцогу Нижней Лотарингии в 1087-1096 годах, правителю Иерусалимского королевства с 1099. Позади памятника находится церковь Святого Иакова, построенная в 1775-1786 годах.
Гора Искусств - возвышенность в центре Брюсселя, которая получила свое название благодаря Королевскому музею искусств, который находится здесь. На левой стороне располагается Королевская библиотека Бельгии. Ниже воздвигнут памятник королю Альберту I, королю Бельгии в 1909-1934 годах. На заднем плане возвышается городская ратуша.
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Belgium - King Albert to abdicate in favour of Crown Prince Philippe / New King Philippe greets crow
King Albert to abdicate in favour of Crown Prince Philippe
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Brussels - 3 July 2013
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1. people gathered in front of King Albert's palace holding Belgian flags
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2. SOUNDBITE: (French) King Albert II, Belgian monarch:
It is therefore with serenity and confidence that I convey to you my intention to abdicate this 21 July 2013.
New King Philippe greets crowds from royal palace balcony after taking oath as Belgium's seventh king
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Brussels - 21 July 2013
3. Mid of royal palace balcony
4. new royal couple, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, waving to public
5. Mid of crowd cheering and waving flags
6. Mid of royal family on balcony
STORYLINE:
On July 3rd 2013 Belgium's King Albert announced that he will abdicate in favour of his son, Crown Prince Philippe on July 21st, the country's independence day holiday.
The move had been rumoured for weeks and will end nearly two decades of steady reign over a fractious kingdom, one increasingly torn apart by political strife between northern Dutch-speaking Flanders and French-speaking southern Wallonia.
Frail at 79, King Albert will be handing over the throne to his son Philippe, who is 53.
Albert said his age and health no longer allow him to carry out his functions as he would want to.
After a reign of 20 years I believe the moment is here to hand over the torch to the next generation, the King said in an address carried by all of Belgium's major broadcasters.
It is therefore with serenity and confidence that I convey to you my intention to abdicate on July 21st 2013, the day of our national celebration, in favour of the crown prince, my son Philippe, he said.
Belgium has had six kings since it came into being in 1830 - Albert is the first to voluntarily abdicate the throne.
In August, Albert would mark his second decade on the throne of the kingdom of 10.5 (m) million people.
Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo said the government expressed its respect and understanding of the King's decision.
His sincerity, his courage and his lucidity regarding his decision deserves our admiration, he said at a news conference.
People on the streets of Brussels responded to the King's decision.
I was hoping that he would stay as long as possible, said Isabelle De Crayencour
He kept our country standing for 20 years. So isn't it a bit of a goodbye Belgium now?, she added.
Another person said the king made a good decision.
He arrives at retirement like everyone. We young people are also going to retire one day, so I think it is good for him that he does that, said Jeremy Desfougeres.
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Belgium's new King Philippe greeted the Belgian people at the royal palace balcony in Brussels on July 21st after taking the oath as the nation's seventh king earlier in the day.
In the morning, the former king, 79-year-old Albert, signed away his rights as the kingdom's largely ceremonial ruler in the presence of Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo, who holds the political power in this 183-year-old parliamentary democracy.
Less than two hours later, Belgians met his successor when Philippe, 53, took the oath before the nation's legislators at the parliament building a short walk across the Royal Park in the heart of the city.
Early in the day, both Albert and Philippe mingled with the crowds under a royal blue sky following a Catholic ceremony at Brussels Cathedral that set off the festivities.
Later on July 21st the new royal couple were set to attend a military parade to be followed by a fireworks display that would mark the end of the day's ceremonies.
Since the royal transition coincides with Belgium's national day celebrations, the military parade had already been planned.
The monarchy could find its role even more diminished.
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Funeral Of Queen Elisabeth Of The Belgians (1965)
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Belgian titles.
Brussels, Belgium.
Two MS's of flags at half mast on buildings. GV's of small crowds waiting on pavements along early morning deserted streets of Brussels. CU Belgian newspapers announcing the death of Queen Elisabeth. Three GV's of large churches or Cathedrals in Brussels. MS Of Prince Leopold and King Baudouin paying homage before the coffin of Queen Elizabeth as it lies in state. VS Of the coffin being taken in the early hours of the morning from the chapel to the Palace in Brussels, the coffin is carried in a car escorted by four horsemen, several cut aways to the silent crowds and troops lining the route. MS Pan with pall bearers carrying the coffin up the grand staircase to the Grand Hall of Honour at the Palace. VS Of the lying in state at the Grand Hall of the Palace, shots of the long queue of people waiting to enter the palace and scenes in the hall as people file past the open coffin. VS Of the preparations at the palace just prior to the funeral procession moving off to the Cathedral, scenes of Archbishop blessing the coffin, troops lining up in front of Palace, representatives and members of the government arriving before the Palace for the funeral. VS Of the funeral, procession through the streets towards the Cathedral, the procession is led by a priest after which comes the coffin drawn by a contingent of troops and followed by the mourners who walk behind the coffin. CU's of the mourners who include Leopold, Baudouin, Ex-King Umberto, Jean of Luxembourg. Prince Albert, Prince Alexander, Duke of Bavaria, Olav of Norway, Prince Victor Emmanuel. MS's from library of Queen Elisabeth attending opening of an exhibition not long before she died. VS Of the funeral procession making its way through Brussels towards the Cathedral. MS Flashback from library of Queen Elisabeth driving through crowd lined streets and unveiling an equestrian statue. VS Of the arrival of the cortege at the Cathedral of St. Michel, and of the carrying of the coffin into the Cathedral. VS Int, of the funeral service in the Cathedral which is conducted by Monseigneur Suenens, with several CU's of some of the mourners including Baudouin, Fabiola, Leopold, Prince Albert, Princess Paola, Princess Beatrix, King Olav, and members of the Belgian govt. VS From library of Queen Elizabeth meeting foreign heads of state inc. Yugoslavian leader Josip Broz Tito and also opening an Archaeological centre, also various shots of her during her visits to China where she meets Chairman Mao and to Africa where she is holding an African bay and visiting an African village. VS Of the coffin travelling through the streets in a motor hearse to a church where a further service takes place attended by representatives of old soldiers organisations and members of her family. Various stills of Elisabeth when she was young during the first world war.
(F.G.) Old record suggests that material dates from around 01/12/1965.
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A look at how election results will affect life in Wezembeek, a bilingual neighbourhood
(14 Jun 2010)
1. Wide exterior of Wezenbeek-Oppem city hall in Flanders
2. Pull out from flags to road sign in French and Dutch, but with black paint over the French translation
3. Wide of electoral posters
4. Close of poster for actual Wezenbeek mayor Francois van Hoobrouck painted with graffiti
5. Poster for NVA (Flemish nationalist) and sticker on it reading (Dutch): Thank you!
6. Parking space in front of city hall
7. Close of parking plate with French translation scratched off
8. Zoom out from library sign with translation painted over
9. SOUNDBITE: (French) Vox Pop, Carole (no last name given), Wezenbeek resident:
I don't know if this is going to change anything for us, people working here, well integrated here in this commune, but maybe for those who don't want to make an effort, who don't want to speak Flemish, for those maybe this will be a problem.
10. Zoom in to road sign where French translation is painted over
11. Wide of bar owner cleaning table outside and going inside
12. Close of caricature of owner painted on the window
13. Pan inside the bar from bar owner to clients
14. Walloons and Flemish raising their glasses together
15. Close of sticker representing a caricature of politicians saying No to former Prime Minister Yves Leterme
16. SOUNDBITE: (Flemish) Vox Pop, Thierry (no last name given):
Everything is fine, we are together, we live together, we are drinking together, there never were any problems. Here in this cafe you have Walloons and Flemish, he speaks Flemish, I speak Flemish, and there are no problems. Politicians are creating the problem. And why? Only to secure their positions, that's it.
17. Zoom out of bar owner
18. Wide of inside of bar
STORYLINE:
In the Belgian town of Wezenbeek-Oppem, everything is bilingual, but the result of Sunday's general election has got some residents worried for the future.
The New Flemish Alliance (NVA), a Flemish separatist party that wants Dutch and French-speakers to end years of acrimonious linguistic disputes, became Belgium's biggest party on Sunday.
Its leader, Bart De Wever, said the way forward for Belgium depended on the willingness of its four (m) million French speakers to accept more self rule for Flanders and Wallonia, its Dutch and French-speaking regions.
The election outcome was seen as a warning to Francophone politicians to negotiate seriously about granting Dutch and French-speakers more self-rule, or Dutch-speaking Flanders will bolt.
At present, the Flanders town of Wezenbeek-Oppem is part of the system known as 'communes � facilit�s', where Francophones living within these Flemish regions can conduct all administrative business in French, and vote for French-speaking politicians.
These communes were at the heart of the problem leading to the fall of the former Premier Yves Leterme's government last April.
The Flemish separatists want the communes to be 100 percent Flemish, a notion which is impossible for many in the French-speaking community to accept.
Throughout Wezenbeek, French translations on signposts have been daubed with black paint or scratched away, but according to residents, it is simply graffiti created by a minority.
One French-speaking Wezenbeek resident, who gave her name only as Carole, said most people within her commune were well integrated.
But maybe for those who don't want to make an effort, who don't want to speak Flemish, for those maybe this will be a problem, she said.
However, some of the men socialising in the local bar blamed the politicians for creating too much of the issue of integration in order to gain votes.
Everything is fine, we are together, we live together, we are drinking together, there never were any problems, said Francophone Thierry, speaking in Flemish.
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Tragic Death Of The Queen Of The Belgians (1935)
Full title reads: Tragic Death of the Queen of the Belgians.
Narrator explains Queen Astrid and King Leopold have been involved in a car crash. The Queen was killed instantly.
Various library shots of Queen Astrid of Belgium (formerly Princess Astrid of Sweden). We see her at the funeral of King Albert I of Belgium with her husband King Leopold III (formerly Crown Prince Leopold). Also on various official visits and occasions with he husband and children.
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KING and QUEEN OF BELGIUM ARRIVE - NO SOUND
Politicans on station, Alec Douglas Home etc. The Queen and Duke welcome King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola. CU Tomb of Unknown Warrior, Baudouin lays wreath. Exterior Victoria Station King and Duke inspect Guard of Honour. Carriages away. Various crowd shots and Procession up Whitehall. Procession towards up The Mall and then round Queen Victoria Memorial. Royal Standard flying on Buckingham Palace. Carriages into palace.
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WW1 Victory Parades in Paris and Brussels (1919)
Reel 1, U.S., French, and Arab cavalry; French and U.S. infantry; and tank units pass under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Reel 2, King Albert and Queen Elizabeth, Prince Leopold, Pres. Poincare, and Marshal Foch review Italian soldiers and a Belgian artillery unit marching on Schaerbeck Blvd. in Brussels.
BELGIUM: BRUSSELS: ARCHITECT HORTA RECOGNISED FOR HIS ART NOUVEAU
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Even casual visitors to the Belgian capital cannot miss the architectural gems of Art Nouveau style that glimmer in the urban greyness.
Although Brussels' urbanisation policy in recent decades led to many of these masterpieces being torn down, Art Nouveau's founding father Victor Horta is finally being appreciated.
Brussels is not really known for its architectural splendour.
But there is one exception: Art Nouveau.
Victor Horta is generally seen as the movement's founding father, which began around the end of the 19th century.
Born in Ghent in 1861, Victor Horta was the son of a shoemaker of Italian descent.
He studied architecture in Ghent, as well as in Paris and Brussels.
Although he is seen as one of the supreme originals of modern architecture, he had to wait for many years to receive public recognition.
His Art Nouveau style was often seen as too daring.
Now, almost 50 years after his death in 1947, Horta's creations are finally being recognised as the work of a revolutionary architect.
This year Brussels brought to light what maybe Belgium's greatest-ever architectural talent.
But, Horta was not just a casual architect.
He created tailor-made homes, designing everything: from the letter box and doorknobs to furniture, cutlery, and even the garden.
SOUNDBITE: (Dutch)
Horta is an all around architect, who designed everything himself and rethought and recreated everything. Starting with the smallest detail to the whole. I would say from the keyhole to the whole house.
SUPERCAPTION: Jos Vandenbreeden, director city archives Brussels
Horta's designs swept aside the dim and stodgy townhouses of Belgium's capital.
He introduced new and fresh ideas in the conservative thinking towards housing.
At the end of the 19th century metal and steel had become common materials in the construction of train stations and large market halls.
In 1889 Gustave Eiffel highlighted the use of iron with his well known tower in Paris.
Horta's merit was to introduce these materials into house-building.
Horta also brought daylight into the sombre interiors.
By placing a skylight above the stairwell and making ingenious use of mural mirrors, he illuminated rooms in dramatic fashion.
All this creativity didn't hinder the city developers who destroyed most of its heritage.
SOUNDBITE: (Dutch)
In the meantime a lot has been torn down, because of the lack of appreciation of Horta's architecture. This lack of appreciation started very early, just after World War 1
SUPERCAPTION: Jos Vandenbreeden, director city archives Brussels
Sadly Horta's masterpiece, the Maison du Peuple (the People's House) which was built in 1899 in the centre of Brussels, is no more.
The large complex of glass and metal contained the headquarters of the Socialist Party as well as shops, a cafe, a library and even a ballroom.
Despite the protest of some 500 international architects, the building was torn down in 1965.
Only a few stones of this famous Horta artwork have been preserved.
And what some say adds insult to injury, the Maison du Peuple was replaced with a huge and some say ugly office tower.
It's ironic that his work is only now being recognised, almost 50 years after his death.
Horta's own house, now a museum, is currently under renovation.
During the next three months Brussels is staging an important exhibition that highlights his extravagant creations.
Several organizations are offering walks through Brussels highlighting the remaining Art Nouveau treasures.
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Russian PM arrives Belgium
1. Plane landing
2. Various of plane on runway
3. Putin and wife Lyudmila getting off plane being greeted by Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel
4. Various of Putin and wife getting into car
5. Putin waving to press
6. Motorcade driving away
STORYLINE:
European Union officials on Monday said they welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin's support for the fight against terrorism, but warned he should not expect any letup in pressure from the organisation to respect human rights in Chechnya.
Putin and his wife, Lyudmila, arrived in Belgium on Monday night for a two-day EU summit.
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel greeted them after they landed at a military airfield outside Brussels.
The leaders will look for ways to improve communication among law enforcement agencies, as well as to help Russia with border controls and stopping illegal arms trafficking.
Yet while recognizing the changed environment since the attacks and welcoming Putin's pledges of solidarity, E-U officials insisted they would be no less critical of Russia's human rights record in Chechnya.
Russia has long rejected charges of human rights abuses in its military campaign against Chechen rebels, saying it is confronting a terrorist threat within its own borders.
On Tuesday, Putin was to tour the famed Grand Place, lunch with Belgian King Albert II and Queen Paola and visit with parliamentary and business leaders.
Then he is to go to the Egmont Palace to be officially welcomed by Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt.
Because Belgium currently holds the 15-nation EU's rotating presidency, their meeting becomes an official EU-Russia summit.
On Wednesday, Putin and Verhofstadt are joined by European Commission President Romano Prodi for business talks.
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Alfred Kubin 阿爾弗雷德·庫賓 (1877-1959) Symbolism Expressionism Austrian
Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin (10 April 1877 – 20 August 1959) was an Austrian printmaker, illustrator, and occasional writer. Kubin is considered an important representative of Symbolism and Expressionism.
Ensor's father, James Frederic Ensor, born in Brussels of English parents, was a cultivated man who studied engineering in England and Germany. Ensor's mother, Maria Catherina Haegheman, was Belgian. Ensor himself lacked interest in academic study and left school at the age of fifteen to begin his artistic training with two local painters. From 1877 to 1880, he attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, where one of his fellow students was Fernand Khnopff. Ensor first exhibited his work in 1881. From 1880 until 1917, he had his studio in the attic of his parents' house. His travels were very few: three brief trips to France and two to the Netherlands in the 1880s, and a four-day trip to London in 1892.
During the late 19th century much of his work was rejected as scandalous, particularly his painting Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889 (1888–89), but his paintings continued to be exhibited, and he gradually won acceptance and acclaim. In 1895 his painting The Lamp Boy (1880) was acquired by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels, and he had his first solo exhibition in Brussels. ] By 1920 he was the subject of major exhibitions; in 1929 he was named a Baron by King Albert, and was the subject of the Belgian composer Flor Alpaerts's James Ensor Suite; and in 1933 he was awarded the band of the Légion d'honneur. Even in the first decade of the 20th century, however, his production of new works was diminishing, and he increasingly concentrated on music—although he had no musical training, he was a gifted improviser on the harmonium, and spent much time performing for visitors. Against the advice of friends, he remained in Ostend during World War II despite the risk of bombardment. In his old age he was an honored figure among Belgians, and his daily walk made him a familiar sight in Ostend. He died there after a short illness, on 19 November 1949.
While Ensor's early works, such as Russian Music (1881) and The Drunkards
阿爾弗雷德·里奧波德·伊西多爾·庫賓（Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin，1877年4月10日－1959年8月20日)，是奧地利的版畫家、插畫家，偶爾變身成為作家。他是象徵主義和表現主義的重要代表。
庫賓出生在波希米亞的利特梅里茨（Leitmeritz），當時屬於奧匈帝國，現在是捷克的利托梅日采。
1892年至1896年間，他當風景攝影師阿洛伊斯·比爾（Alois Beer）的學徒，開始學習一些藝術方面的技能。1896年，他在他母親的墳墓前自殺未遂。次年由於神經衰弱結束了短暫的軍旅生活。
1898年，庫賓開始在自然主義畫家路德維希·施密德-羅伊特（Ludwig Schmid-Reutte）的私人學院進行藝術研究，不過直
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The Royal Library of Belgium (Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België in Dutch, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique in French, abbreviated KBR and sometimes nicknamed Albertina in Dutch and Albertine in French) 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 in central Brussels, near the Central Station. The library owns several collections of historical importance, like the famous Fétis archives, and is the depository for all books ever published in Belgium or abroad by Belgian authors.
There are four million bound volumes in the Royal Library, including a rare book collection numbering 45,000 works. The library has more than 700,000 engravings and drawings, 150,000 maps and plans, and more than 250,000 objects, from coins to scales to monetary weights. This coin collection holds one of the most valuable coins in the field of numismatics, a fifth-century Sicilian tetradrachm.The library also houses the Center for American Studies, a rich American Studies collection of 30 000 books in open stacks, as well as U.S. newspapers and databases. The Royal Library is open for reference only. Patrons must be at least eighteen years of age and must pay an annual membership fee.
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The Japanese Exhibition At The British Museum,LondonThe origins of the British Museum lie in the will of the physician, naturalist and collector, Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753). Sloane wanted his collection of more than 71,000 objects, library and herbarium to be preserved intact after his death. He bequeathed it to King George II for the nation in return for payment of £20,000 to his heirs. If refused, the collection was to be offered to centres of learning abroad. A large and influential group of Trustees was charged with overseeing the disposition of his estate.
The King had little interest but Parliament, led by the Speaker, Arthur Onslow, was persuaded to accept the gift. An Act of Parliament establishing the British Museum received the royal assent on 7 June 1753. This stated that the funds for the purchase and storage of the collections should be raised by public lottery.
The Cotton collection of manuscripts, given to the nation in 1700, was attached to the new museum and £10,000 was expended on the purchase of the Harleian collection of manuscripts. A new Board of Trustees was established.
The foundation collections largely consisted of books, manuscripts and natural history with some antiquities (including coins and medals, prints and drawings) and ethnography (the study of cultures). In 1757 King George II donated the 'Old Royal Library' of the sovereigns of England and with it the privilege of copyright receipt.
The Museum was first housed in a seventeenth-century mansion, Montagu House, in Bloomsbury on the site of today's building. On 15 January 1759 the British Museum opened to the public. With the exception of two World Wars, when parts of the collection were evacuated, it has remained open ever since, gradually increasing its opening hours and moving from an attendance of 5,000 per year to today's 5 million.
From its beginnings the British Museum was a new type of institution. Governed by a body of Trustees responsible to Parliament, its collections belonged to the nation, with free admission for all. Entry was given to 'all studious and curious Persons, linking public enjoyment with education.
Access to the library and information on the collections has always been available through the Reading Room. The first students' room, Prints & Drawings, opened in 1808.
The first famous antiquities, Sir William Hamilton's collection of Greek vases and other classical objects, were purchased in 1772. These were followed by such high profile acquisitions as the Rosetta Stone and other antiquities from Egypt (1802), the Townley collection of classical sculpture (1805), and the sculptures of the Parthenon, known as the Elgin Marbles (1816).
As the natural history collections and the library expanded, Montagu House was rapidly outgrown. In 1823 the gift to the nation by George IV of his father's library (the King's Library) lead to the construction of today's quadrangular building designed by Sir Robert Smirke (1780-1867). The first phase was completed in 1852. Construction of the round Reading Room followed, designed by Robert's brother Sydney (1798-1877, and positioned in the central courtyard in 1854-7.
Belgians' Vote Decides King's Fate (1949)
Full title reads: Belgians' Vote Decides King's Fate.
Brussels, Belgium. The Belgian people hold a referendum over the restoration of their Monarchy.
LV Socialist banner. LV queues beginning to form in Brussels street. MV Queue filing into polling booth. MV Poster on wall. CU Poster.
Library Material - LV King Leopold reviewing Belgian troops. MV Front view Leopold on horse saluting. SV Leopold.
MV Premier Paul Henri Spaak entering polling booth. MV Polling clerks. SV Spaak posting vote in box. MV A man voting.
Library material - MV King Leopold and Princess de Rethy interviewing military officers. CU Princess de Rethy. CU Leopold.
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German president arrives at Leuven city hall, greeted by mayor, Belgian royals
Germany's President was welcomed to the Belgian city of Leuven to take part in a World War One centenary commemoration event with the King and Queen of Belgium.
Joachim Gauck was met by King Philippe, Queen Mathilde and Louis Tobback, Mayor of Leuven, in the city which fell to the German army in August 1914.
Gauck spoke of his desire to deepen the work that had already been done to reconcile the two countries since the First World War.
Gauck then joined King Philippe in laying a wreath in remembrance of those involved in the attack of the city.
Leuven's university and library, which was full of ancient manuscripts, were amongst the buildings destroyed during the German offensive in 1914.
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1967 Brussels.
Formally dressed Belgium guards, Princess Margaret arrives as official representative for the unveiling of statue of Winston Churchill. Flag drops, Margaret poses.
Ceremony; British Royalty; Official Duties; Sculpture; 1967;
La bibliothèque royale va subir des coupes budgétaires
La bibliothèque royale va subir des coupes budgétaires comme l'ensemble des instituts scientifiques fédéraux et culturels. Cela va hypothéquer le fonctionnement et le service au public.
Top 20 most visited art museum in the world. Famous museums you must visit before you die!
Famous museums around the world that you must visit once in your life ! Here are the 20 most visited art museums in the world:
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands,
Somerset House London United Kingdom,
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There’s a perception that religion and science go together about as well as mayonnaise and marshmallows. In some instances, this is, perhaps, true. But on a typically warm Southern California January in 1933 at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California (the same place and same time that Jack Parsons of rocket science fame was doing his experiments — history intersecting!), religion and science proved that these two ideals didn’t have to be enemies.
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