Brussels Date(s): June 11-12, 2011. Album by David Clement. 1 - 23 of 23 Total. 24 Visits.
1 St Pancras International, about to get on the Eurostar
2 panorama of 1815 Battle of Waterloo
3 Butte du Lion: erected between 1824 and 1826, and dedicated to soldiers who died on June 18, 1815
4 battlefield map
5 part of the battlefield today: farms with dirt roads interspersed for the tour buses; no structures are allowed to be built here though
6 I got a ride to the battlefield from the curator!
7 view from my hotel room (First Euroflat) - you can see the Atomium centre/right
8 Parc du Cinquantenaire; U-shaped complex commissioned by King Leopold II for the 1880 National Exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of Belgian independence
9 Cinquantenaire Arch, built in 1905
10 European Parliament
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12 Statue of Europe "Unity in Peace"
13 Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren
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15 live show at RMCA
16 Leopold II, for some reason celebrated
17 Atomium, originally built for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair
18 Colonne du Congrès, commemorates the formation of the Belgian state and constitution by the National Congress in 1830-1831
19 eternal flame and Tomb of Unknowns at Congress Column
20 Grand Place a.k.a. Grote Markt
21 Manneken Pis, famous city landmark
22 several people had their days made by running their hands along this dirty surface, i.e. it's something religious
