The Royal Palace in Brussels - Belgium 4K Travel Channel
The Royal Palace lies in the heart of Brussels. During one of our walks we see that it is opened to the public. We are surprised that the admission is free and very pleased that filming is permitted. Since 1965 it is tradition that the Brussels royal palace opens its gates for visitors for some weeks during summer.
The palace was built on the remains of the Coudenberg palace, which was destroyed almost completely by a fire, in 1731. The Coudenberg palace was the former court the Herzöge of Brabant and served the Burgundians and Habsburgs as residence. Today, remnants can be seen in Belvue Museum.
After the independence of Belgium, it became the residence of King Leopold I. In 1904, Leopold II extended the palace to its present form. Today, the Royal Palace in Brussels, the symbol for the constitutional monarchy, is only used for work and representation purposes. The royal family now lives in Laeken Castle, located in the Park right next to the Atomium.
In the neo-baroque building you see the offices of the king and the queen and some offices of some senior Labour Cabinet and Head of Protocol. Various state rooms are still used for receptions.
Every year, different exhibitions are shown in the palace. In 2014, on the occasion of the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the first World War, it was a historical exhibition about the Belgian royal couple Albert and Elisabeth in the context of the first world war, vividly presented with film documents. Furthermore, documents, pictures, uniforms, medals and other paraphernalia of the royal dynasty are displayed. Episodes from the Congo until the Second World War are presented from the point of view of the royal family.
A highlight is the Mirror Room. In 2002, the ceiling and the chandelier were covered with 1.6 million green shimmering shells of Buprestidae beetles, a non-protected species. The so-called Heaven of Delight is a project of the artist Jan Fabre.
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Der Königliche Palast liegt im Herzen von Brüssel. Bei einem unserer Spaziergänge kommen wir vorbei und bemerken, dass er für die Öffentlichkeit geöffnet ist. Noch mehr waren wir überrascht, dass der Eintritt frei und filmen erlaubt ist. Seit 1965 ist es Tradition, dass der Brüsseler Königspalast im Sommer seine Tore für Besucher öffnet.
Der Palast wurde über den Resten des Palastes vom Coudenberg errichtet, der 1731 durch ein Feuer fast vollständig zerstört wurde. Der zerstörte Palast war der ehemalige Hof der Herzöge von Brabant und diente den Burgundern und Habsburgern als Herrschaftssitz. Heute können davon nur noch Reste im Belvue Museum besichtigt werden.
Das Gebäude wurde von König Leopold I., nach der Unabhängigkeit Belgiens, als Residenz gewählt. 1904 wurde der Palast von Leopold II. in seiner heutigen Form ausgebaut. Der Brüsseler Königspalast, das Symbol für die konstitutionelle Monarchie, wir nur noch zu Arbeits- und Repräsentationszwecken verwendet. Die königliche Familie wohnt heute im Schloss Laeken, im Park der unmittelbar neben dem Atomium liegt.
In dem neobarocken Gebäude findet man neben den königlichen Arbeitszimmern auch Büros einiger hochrangiger Kabinetts- und Protokollchefs. In den verschiedenen Prunksälen finden auch heute noch festliche Empfänge statt.
Jährlich gibt es unterschiedliche Ausstellungen. In 2014, anlässlich der Gedenkfeierlichkeiten zum 100. Jahrestag des 1. Weltkriegs, wird eine historische Ausstellung über das belgische Königspaar Albert und Elisabeth, u.a. im Kontext des 1. Weltkriegs anhand von Filmdokumenten anschaulich präsentiert. Außerdem werden Dokumente, Bilder, Uniformen, Orden und andere Utensilien der königlichen Dynastie gezeigt. Episoden vom Kongo bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg werden aus Sicht des Königshauses dargestellt.
Ein Highlight ist sicherlich der Spiegelsaal. In 2002 wurde die Decke und der Leuchter in der Mitte mit 1,4 Millionen grün schillernden Panzern von thailändischen Skarabäen, einer ungeschützten Tierart, bedeckt. Der sogenannte Heaven of Delight ist ein Projekt des Künstlers Jan Fabre.
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The Remains of Coudenberg Palace in Brussels, Belgium
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Things to do in Brussels – Tour Coudenberg Underground Palace Ruins
The ruins that you’ll visit lie beneath a portion of the square and a few of the neoclassical buildings surrounding it. One of these buildings, home to the BELvue Museum of Belgian history, serves as the entrance to the underground ruins and archaeological site.
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Every year we have the possibility to visit the Royal Palace. After the 21st of July (Belgian Independence Day) our king goes on holiday and the palace is open for visits for some weeks.
I also went to the Belvue museum, where you can see that Belgium is more than beer and chocolate. Democracy, migration, monarchy and religion are just some of the subjects this museum shows us.
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The Royal Palace in Brussels and a View from the Coudenberg
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ROYAL PALACE of Brussels is the official palace of the King and Queen of the Belgians in the centre of the nation's capital Brussels. However it is not used as a royal residence, as the king and his family live in the Royal Palace of Laeken on the outskirts of Brussels. The website of the Belgian Monarchy describes the function of the palace as follows: The Palace is where His Majesty the King exercises his prerogatives as Head of State, grants audiences and deals with affairs of state. The façade is Louis XVI style.
ROYAL SQUARE (French; Royal Square) or Koningsplein (Dutch; King's Square) is a historic neoclassical square in the Royal Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. Built between 1775 and 1782 as part of an urban project including Brussels' Park, it is rectangular and symmetrical in shape and is flanked by some of the main museums in the city. At This place, a few compatriots Kept the Dutchmen at arm's lenght in 1830. Leopold the First King of Belgium was invested there on July 21 1831. Since august 1848, has been standing Godefroid de Bouillon, a national hero, by Simonis
Since the mid-19th century, an equestrian statue of Godfrey of Bouillon has stood in the centre of the Royal Square in Brussels, Belgium. The statue was made by Eugène Simonis, and inaugurated on August 24, 1848. Godfrey is a key figure in the pseudohistorical theories put forth in the books The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail and The Da Vinci Code.
ROYAL PARC Lies on the site of the gardens of the former Palace of Coudenberg, which had been used since the Middle Ages as a hunting ground by the Dukes of Brabant. It was designed and laid out between 1776 and 1783 in a neoclassical style by the French architect Gilles-Barnabé Guimard and the Austrian landscape architect Joachim Zinner. In 1793, French revolutionary troops destroyed the sculptures and overthrew the busts of the Roman emperors which adorned the park. During the Belgian Revolution, which led to the separation of the Southern Netherlands, the park served as a refuge for the army of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Since the 19th century, the park has been surrounded by a double row of lime trees and a monumental fence designed by Tilman-François Suys. In the 20th century, the park was fitted with Art Deco lamp posts. In the 1930s, a bunker was built underneath it, connected by tunnels to the House of Parliament. The park was most recently renovated between 2000 and 2002
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The Royal Palace of Brussels (Dutch: Koninklijk Paleis van Brussel , French: Palais Royal de Bruxelles, German: Königlicher Palast von Brüssel) is the official palace of the King and Queen of the Belgians in the centre of the nation's capital Brussels. However it is not used as a royal residence, as the king and his family live in the Royal Palace of Laeken on the outskirts of Brussels. The website of the Belgian Monarchy describes the function of the palace as follows:
The Palace is where His Majesty the King exercises his prerogatives as Head of State, grants audiences and deals with affairs of state. Apart from the offices of the King and the Queen, the Royal Palace houses the services of the Grand Marshal of the Court, the King's Head of Cabinet, the Head of the King's Military Household and the Intendant of the King's Civil List. The Palace also includes the State Rooms where large receptions are held, as well as the apartments provided for foreign Heads of State during official visits.
The palace is situated in front of Brussels Park. A long square called the Paleizenplein/Place des Palais separates the palace from the park. The middle axis of the park marks both the middle peristyle of the palace and the middle of the facing building on the other side of the park, which is the Palace of the Nation (the Belgian Federal Parliament building). The two facing buildings are said to symbolize Belgium's system of government: a constitutional monarchy.
The facade we see today was only built after 1900 on the initiative of King Leopold II. The first nucleus of the present-day building dates from the end of the 18th century. However, the grounds on which the palace stands were once part of the Coudenberg Palace a very old palatial complex that dated back to the Middle Ages.
The first building on the Coudenberg hill was constructed between the second half of the 11th and first half of the 12th century. At that time it probably looked like a fortified castle forming a part of the fortifications of the city of Brussels. It was the home of the Dukes of Brabant who also resided in the nearby city of Leuven and in the Castle of Tervuren. In the following centuries it was rebuilt, extended and improved in line with the increased prestige of the Dukes of Brabant and their successors; the Dukes of Burgundy, the Emperor Charles V, the Archduke Albert of Austria and Infanta Isabel of Spain and successive Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands.
The 'Aula Magna', or Throne Room, was built for Philip the Good in the 15th century. It was in this room that the Emperor Charles V abdicated in 1555 in favour of his son Philip II of Spain. This prestigious complex was unfortunately destroyed by a fire on February 3, 1731. The ruins only disappeared when the district was redeveloped after 1775. At that time the urban axes of the present-day Brussels Park were laid out. ThePlace Royale was built on top of the ruined palace. Excavations of the site by different archeological organisations have unearthed various remains of different parts of the Palace as well as the surrounding town. The monumental vaults remaining under the square and its surrounding buildings can be visited.
After the Belgian revolution the palace was offered to Leopold of Saxe-Coburg when he ascended the throne as the first King of the Belgians. Just like his predecessor William II he used the palace mainly for official receptions and other representational purposes and lived in the Royal Palace of Laeken. During his reign (until 1865) little was changed to the palace. It was his son and successor Leopold II who judged the building to be too modest for a king of his stature, and who kept on enlarging and embellishing the palace until his death in 1909. During his reign the palace nearly doubled in surface. After the designs of his architect Alphonse Balat, imposing rooms like the 'Grand Staircase', 'Throne Room' and the 'Grande Gallerie' were added. Balat also planned a new façade but died before the plans could be executed.
It was only after 1904 that the new façade was executed after new plans by Henri Maquet. The pediment sculpture shows an allegorical figure of Belgium flanked by groups representing Industry and Agriculture, by Belgian sculptor Thomas Vinçotte. The new design included a formal front garden separating the building from the 'Place des Palais'.
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