building Justus Lipsius
The Justus Lipsius building, located in the European Quarter of Brussels, Belgium, was the headquarters of the Council of the European Union from 1995, and the de facto home of the European Council from 2002, until their relocation to the adjacent newly constructed Europa building at the beginning of 2017.- Type: Building
- Description: auxiliary building for the European Council and Council of the EU
- Also known as: “Justus Lipsius building” and “Justus-Lipsius-Gebaeude”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Europa Building and building Berlaymont.
Europa Building
Public building
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The Europa building is the seat of the European Council and Council of the European Union, located on the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat in the European Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. Europa Building is situated 130 metres northwest of building Justus Lipsius.
building Berlaymont
Public building
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The Berlaymont building is an office building in Brussels, Belgium, which houses the headquarters of the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union. building Berlaymont is situated 260 metres north of building Justus Lipsius.
House of European History
Museum
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The House of European History is a history museum and cultural institution in Brussels, Belgium, focusing on the recent history of Europe. It is an initiative by the European Parliament, and was proposed in 2007 by the Parliament's then-president, Hans-Gert Pöttering; it opened on 6 May 2017. House of European History is situated 260 metres southwest of building Justus Lipsius.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include European Quarter and Squares Quarter.
European Quarter
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The European Quarter in Brussels, Belgium is a large office area east of the center which is mostly taken up by the European Union. The district also houses the large Parc de Cinquantenaire and a beautiful, but expensive, residential area on its northern edge.
Squares Quarter
Neighborhood
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The Squares Quarter is a quarter of Brussels, Belgium. The district is the northern spur of the European Quarter, located between Saint-Josse-ten-Noode and the Leopold Quarter.
Leopold Quarter
Neighborhood
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The Leopold Quarter is a quarter of Brussels, Belgium. The term is sometimes confused with the European Quarter, as the area has come to be dominated by the institutions of the European Union and related organisations, although the two terms are not in fact…
building Justus Lipsius
- Categories: convention center and press center
- Location: Brussels, Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital, Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“building Justus Lipsius” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مبنى جوستوس ليبسيوس”
- Catalan: “edifici Justus Lipsius”
- Chinese: “尤斯圖斯·利普修斯大廈”
- Croatian: “Palača Justus Lipsius”
- Czech: “Justus Lipsius”
- Dutch: “Justus Lipsius gebouw”
- Dutch: “Justus Lipsius-gebouw”
- Dutch: “Justus Lipsiusgebouw”
- Finnish: “Justus Lipsius -rakennus”
- French: “Bâtiment Juste Lipse”
- French: “Bâtiment Juste-Lipse”
- French: “bâtiment Justus Lipsius”
- French: “Batiment Justus-Lipsius”
- French: “Bâtiment Justus-Lipsius”
- French: “Justus Lipsius (bâtiment)”
- French: “Justus Lipsius bâtiment”
- German: “Justus Lipsius-Gebäude”
- German: “Justus-Lipsius-Gebäude”
- Italian: “Palazzo Justus Lipsius”
- Japanese: “ユストゥス・リプシウス (建物)”
- Japanese: “ユストゥス・リプシウス”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Justus Lipsius-bygningen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Justus Lipsius”
- Polish: “Justus Lipsius”
- Portuguese: “Edifício Justus Lipsius”
- Slovenian: “stavba Justusa Lipsiusa”
- Spanish: “Edificio Justus Lipsius”
- Swedish: “Justus Lipsius-byggnaden”
- Ukrainian: “Юстус Ліпсіус”
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