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    The Royal Greenhouses of Laeken (French: Serres Royales de Laeken, Dutch: Koninklijke Serres van Laken) are a vast complex of monumental heated greenhouses...
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    Crossing Club de Schaerbeek (born from a merger between RCS de Schaerbeek and Crossing Club Molenbeek), Scup Jette, RUS de Laeken, Racing Jet de Bruxelles...
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    Heizel (Dutch: [ˈɦɛizəl] ), is a neighbourhood, park and exhibition space in Laeken, northern Brussels, Belgium, where the Brussels International Exposition...
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    College (Vlaamsche Opleidingsschool) in Laeken, near Brussels, established in 1875 under the direction by N. de Jonge. 16–17 July 1878, Ds. Theodorus van...
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    procession of Our Lady of Laeken Henri Liebrecht, Grande encyclopédie de la Belgique et du Congo: Notre dynastie. La terre belge. Histoire de la Belgique.- t....
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    Raphaël Liégeois (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Frimout and Frank De Winne. Shortly before Christmas in the next month, he was received by King Philippe of Belgium at the Castle of Laeken, and he met with...
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    confined successively in the Pavilion de Tervueren (in 1867 and again during 1869–1879), the Palace of Laeken (during 1867–1869) and finally at Bouchout...
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    Vrancken, "L'article 93 de la Constitution belge et l'impossibilité de régner du roi : une disposition dépassée par son histoire", in L'Europe au présent ...
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    Château royal de Laeken. Castle Ter Rivierenhof, Deurne, Antwerp (1779). Reorganisation of Kassel city center. Palais Sheremetev in Kuskovo. The "de" in the...
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  • singer and beatmaker. Hamza was signed to Rec. 118 and Warner Music. Born in Laeken, a commune of Brussels, to parents of Moroccan origin, he formed the hip...
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    and Queen Mathilde of Belgium Royal Palace of Brussels Royal Castle of Laeken The British line was founded by King Edward VII, eldest son of Queen Victoria...
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    Leopold I of Belgium (category Burials at the Church of Our Lady of Laeken)
    1863 Arcadie was also created Baronin von Eppinghoven. Leopold died in Laeken near Brussels on 10 December 1865. His funeral was held on 16 December,...
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  • Belgian philosopher and writer, born in Brussels (May 31, 1944) and died in Laeken (July 18, 2021). J.C. Baudet taught philosophy and history of science, from...
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    Albert I of Belgium (category Burials at the Church of Our Lady of Laeken)
    artists, mathematicians, musicians, and philosophers, turning their court at Laeken into a kind of cultural salon. Albert and Elisabeth had three children:...
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    notably performances at the Royal Palace of Brussels and the Royal Castle of Laeken as well as their collaboration to the official show for the changeover to...
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    Prince Alexandre of Belgium (category People from Laeken)
    December 2009 at the Church of Our Lady of Laeken. He was buried in the crypt. "Cardiologie des enfants - Notre histoire - Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc"...
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    was greeted by a cheering crowd as he made his way from Château de Laeken to Palais de la Nation. Despite the sadness of his bereavement, he pronounced...
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    by Jan Baptist Bonnecroy In the 16th century, there were seven gates: Laeken, Flanders, Anderlecht, Halle, Namur, Leuven and Schaerbeek, each named for...
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    Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (category People from Laeken)
    and his two daughters remained in Laeken. In August, Leopold, suffering from dropsy, was brought back to Laeken. The Queen thenceforth never left her...
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    members in the Laeken Cemetery in Brussels, Belgium. Bilhon (1608), Catherinot (1643), Basset (1682), Guymon (1711), Pelletier (1749), Thoinnet de La Turmelière...
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    Stromae (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    "Ma journée avec Stromae, de Laeken à Vilvorde" (in French). Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. "Stromae in de Top 40 Hitlist" [Stromae in...
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    Annie Cordy (category People from Laeken)
    version of "La Ballade de Davy Crockett" was number 1 in the charts for five weeks in France in August 1956. She was born in Laeken, Belgium, where in 2004...
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    who had worked on the construction of iron and glass Royal Greenhouses of Laeken in Belgium, was one of the first to create Art Nouveau ironwork, followed...
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    the church after a public funeral before being moved to a mausoleum in Laeken Cemetery, near Brussels in Belgium. The Library of The Royal Conservatory...
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  • List of burial places of classical musicians (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    célèbres". histoire-vesinet.org. Archived from the original on 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2023-06-30. "Los restos mortales de Chapí llegan al cementerio de su ciudad...
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    built as an eyecatcher in the manner of the lake at Stourhead Palace of Laeken in Brussels, Belgium The "Temple of Friendship" in Pavlovsk Park near Saint...
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    died in 1927, most of the furnishings were transferred to the Palace of Laeken in Brussels. Fortunately, the domain which included Bouchout Castle and...
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    Horta worked with Balat on the construction of the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken in northern Brussels, Horta's first work to utilise glass and iron. In 1884...
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    politician, senator, and mayor of Itterbeek, was born there. Marka, Serge Van Laeken (b. 1961), singer, songwriter, composer, and filmmaker Pierre-Joseph...
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    city walls to provide access to the promenade on the stretch between the Laeken Gate and the Schaerbeek Gate. In the centre of the gardens located in front...
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