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    The Palace of Coudenberg (French: Palais du Coudenberg; Dutch: Coudenbergpaleis) was a royal residence situated on the Coudenberg or Koudenberg (listen;...
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    century. However, the grounds on which the Royal Palace stands were once part of the Coudenberg Palace, a very old palatial complex that dated back to...
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    Place Royale, Brussels (category City of Brussels)
    to replace the former Palace of Coudenberg, it was part of an urban project including Brussels Park. The Place Royale is one of oldest architecturally...
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    of the governors-general significantly changed over time: initially tutors and advisors of Emperor Charles V, who lived at the Palace of Coudenberg,...
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    by Francis I of France at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Following a festival held at his Palace of Coudenberg in order to celebrate the election, Charles...
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    Located on what is now the Place du Musée/Museumplein, the palace lies atop the Coudenberg hill, not far from the Place Royale/Koningsplein and the Mont...
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    Dukes of Burgundy and subsequently the Habsburg archdukes were displayed in the Royal Arsenal, a large hall in the vicinity of the Palace of Coudenberg. It...
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    Mont des Arts (category Neighbourhoods of Brussels)
    de la Cour/Hofberg ("Hill/Mount of the Court") after the former Palace of Coudenberg also located there. This palace, famous all over Europe, had greatly...
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    Charles-Alexander of Lorraine on the Coudenberg hill, on the site of the former Palace of the Dukes of Brabant, of which certain levels of foundation still...
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    in the Low Countries and often stayed at the Palace of Coudenberg in Brussels. By the Pragmatic Sanction of 1549, Charles V declared the Seventeen Provinces...
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    The Church of St. James on Coudenberg succeeds two neighbouring places of worship, the chapel of the Palace of Coudenberg and the Coudenberg's abbey church...
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    Palace of Coudenberg in the city of Brussels. First he abdicated the thrones of Sicily and Naples, the latter a Papal fief, and the Imperial Duchy of...
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    Magritte Museum (category City of Brussels)
    Lotto (also known as the Hôtel Altenloh), part of an architectural complex built after the Palace of Coudenberg burned down in 1731. Over the centuries, successive...
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  • to: Aula Magna (Bruxelles), great hall of the Palace of Coudenberg in Brussels Aula Magna (Central University of Venezuela) Aula Magna (Stockholm University)...
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    the designer of the Aula Magna at the Palace of Coudenberg. The 96-metre-high (315 ft) tower in Brabantine Gothic style is the work of Jan van Ruysbroek...
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    Grand-Place (category City of Brussels)
    architect of the City of Brussels in 1452, and who was also, at that time, the designer of the Aula Magna; the great hall at the Palace of Coudenberg. The...
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  • with a unicorn in her lap", that was built in front of the ducal palace in Coudenberg, the home of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. This was in protest to...
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  • of larches, were destroyed, as were the Rollinger choir stalls, carved in 1487. The building was rebuilt soon after the war. The Palace of Coudenberg...
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    abdicates in the Aula Magna of the Palace of Coudenberg. 1561 – The city's port and the Willebroek Canal are opened. 1568 – The Counts of Egmont and Horn are...
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    which faces the Palace of Margaret of York. The Governess kept several painters at her court, including the Master of the Legend of the Magdalen and...
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    court first to Mechelen and later to the palace at Coudenberg, Brussels, and from there ruled the remnants of the empire, the Low Countries (Burgundian...
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    walking in the park of their Brussels palace, Jan Bruegel the Elder, c. 1609–1621 Hunting scene in the park of the Coudenberg Palace, Ignatius van der Stock...
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    coincided with the resumption of hostilities. Virtually nothing remains of Albert and Isabella Clara Eugenia' Palace of Coudenberg in Brussels, their summer...
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    p.4, at kvab.be Academy House in Brussels, at kuleuven.be "Coudenberg - Former Palace of Brussels, Belgium". europeanroyalresidences.eu. Archived from...
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    Walckiers (1783–86, parts of the Royal Palace of Brussels), choir, nave and transept of the Church of St. James on Coudenberg (1785–86) 1786 Ghislain-Joseph...
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    This is a list of museums in Brussels, Belgium. It includes museums situated in any of the municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region. Underwear Museum...
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    the former Palace of Coudenberg where the École Centrale of the department of the Dyle was established—and in its garden. The collection of native and...
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    higher parts of Brussels, not far from the residence of the Dukes of Brabant, the Coudenberg Palace. Construction began in the 1340s by the wealthy nobleman...
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    as the ducal palace of Coudenberg. The walls were initially made of earth, with a wooden fence on top. These gave way to walls made of stone that were...
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    ambassador of Philip III of Spain to the court of Isabella Clara Eugenia and Albert VII, Archduke of Austria at the Palace of Coudenberg (today Brussels Park)...
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