La Monnaie
The Royal Theatre of La Monnaie is an opera house in central Brussels, Belgium. The National Opera of Belgium, a federal institution, takes the name of this theatre in which it is housed—La Monnaie in French or De Munt in Dutch—referring to the building as well as the opera company.Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Theater building
- Description: opera house in Brussels, Belgium
- Also known as: “De Munt”, “La Monnaie/De Munt”, “Royal Mint Theatre”, “Royal Theatre of La Monnaie”, and “Théatre Royal de la Monnaie - Koninklijke Muntschouwburg”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grand Place and Manneken Pis.
Grand Place
Square
Photo: Celuici, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Grand-Place or Grote Markt is the central square of Brussels, Belgium. It is surrounded by opulent Baroque guildhalls of the former Guilds of Brussels and two larger edifices; the city's Flamboyant Town Hall, and the neo-Gothic King's House or Bread House building, containing the Brussels City Museum. Grand Place is situated 340 metres south of La Monnaie.
Manneken Pis
Photo: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Manneken Pis is a landmark 55.5 cm bronze fountain sculpture in central Brussels, Belgium, depicting a puer mingens: a nude boy urinating into the fountain's basin. Manneken Pis is situated 590 metres southwest of La Monnaie.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Centre and Pentagon.
Centre
Photo: Hullie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Centre is the historic centre of Brussels, including the world's most beautiful town square, the Grand-Place which is listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Pentagon
Photo: Hullie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pentagon is the historical center of Brussels. It derives its name from the pentagonal shape of the inner beltway that surrounds the area. The Pentagon of Brussels encompasses many charming and beautiful attractions, with deeply ornate buildings on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt, and a fish-and-crustacean overdose of St.
La Monnaie
- Categories: opera house, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Brussels, Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital, Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.8496° or 50° 50′ 59″ northLongitude
4.35425° or 4° 21′ 15″ eastElevation
30 metres (98 feet)Operator
La Monnaie/De MuntOpen location code
9F26R9X3+RPOpenStreetMap ID
way 21758211OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=theatreOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
6948637Wikidata ID
Q551479
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“La Monnaie” goes by many names.
- Basque: “La Monnaie/De Munt”
- Catalan: “Théâtre de la Monnaie”
- Chinese: “皇家铸币局剧院”
- Chinese: “皇家鑄幣局劇院”
- Czech: “divadlo De Munt/La Monnaie”
- Czech: “divadlo De Munt”
- Czech: “divadlo La Monnaie”
- Czech: “La Monnaie”
- Czech: “Théâtre de la Monnaie”
- Danish: “De Munt”
- Danish: “La Monnaie”
- Dutch: “De Munt”
- Dutch: “Koninklijke Muntschouwburg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “لا موناى”
- Esperanto: “La Reĝa Monteatro en Bruselo”
- Esperanto: “Reĝa Monteatro”
- Estonian: “De Munt”
- Estonian: “Koninklijke Muntschouwburg”
- Estonian: “La Monnaie/De Munt”
- Estonian: “La Monnaie”
- Estonian: “Theatre Royal de la Monnaie”
- Estonian: “Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie”
- French: “La Monnaie”
- French: “Théatre Royal de la Monnaie”
- French: “Théâtre royal de la Monnaie”
- German: “Brüsseler Opernhaus La Monnaie/De Munt”
- German: “Die Münze”
- German: “Königliches Münztheater”
- Hebrew: “לה מונה”
- Hebrew: “לה מוניי”
- Indonesian: “La Monnaie”
- Italian: “de Munt”
- Italian: “Koninklijke Muntschouwburg”
- Italian: “La Monnaie/De Munt”
- Italian: “la Monnaie”
- Italian: “Teatro de la Monnaie”
- Italian: “Théâtre de la Monnaie”
- Italian: “Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie”
- Japanese: “ベルギー王立歌劇場”
- Japanese: “ベルギー王立歌劇場管弦楽団”
- Japanese: “モネ交響楽団”
- Japanese: “モネ劇場”
- Luxembourgish: “De Munt”
- Luxembourgish: “La Monnaie/De Munt”
- Luxembourgish: “La Monnaie”
- Luxembourgish: “Théâtre de la Monnaie”
- Luxembourgish: “Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie”
- Polish: “Opera Brukselska La Monnaie”
- Portuguese: “De Munt/La Monnaie”
- Portuguese: “La Monnaie”
- Russian: “Брюссельская опера”
- Russian: “Де-Мунт”
- Russian: “Ла Монне”
- Russian: “Ла Моннэ”
- Russian: “Ла-Монне”
- Russian: “Ла-Моннэ”
- Serbian: “Краљевско позориште Ла Моне”
- Spanish: “Teatro de la Moneda”
- Spanish: “Teatro de la Monnaie”
- Spanish: “Teatro Real de la Moneda”
- Spanish: “Teatro Real de la Monnaie”
- Spanish: “Theatre de la Monnaie”
- Spanish: “Théâtre de la Monnaie”
- Swedish: “De Munt”
- Swedish: “La Monnaie”
- Ukrainian: “Королівський театр Ла Монне/Де Мунт”
- Ukrainian: “Королівський театр Ла Монне”
- Ukrainian: “Ла Монне”
- “De Munt”
- “La Monnaie”
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