Cirque Royal

The Cirque Royal or Koninklijk Circus, meaning "Royal Circus", is an entertainment venue in , Belgium. Conceived by the architect Wilhelm Kuhnen in 1953, the building has a circular appearance, but in fact is constructed as a regular polygon.
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Wikipedia
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  • Email: info@cirqueroyalbruxelles.be
  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: winter circus in Brussels, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Cirque Royal - Koninklijk Circus”, “Koninklijk Circus”, “Royal Circus”, and “The Cirque Royal”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Grand Place and Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula.

Square
Photo: Celuici, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The or Grote Markt is the central square of , Belgium. It is surrounded by opulent Baroque guildhalls of the former Guilds of Brussels and two larger edifices: the city's Flamboyant , and the neo-Gothic or Bread House building, housing the . is situated 1 km west of Cirque Royal.

Church
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The , usually shortened to the Cathedral of St. Gudula or St. Gudula by locals, is a medieval Catholic cathedral in central , Belgium. is situated 430 metres west of Cirque Royal.

Photo: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a landmark 55.5 cm bronze fountain sculpture in central , Belgium, depicting a puer mingens: a nude boy urinating into the fountain's basin. is situated 1¼ km west of Cirque Royal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Freedom Quarter and Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.

Neighborhood
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The is a quarter of , Belgium. It is situated between the Belgian Parliament and the Rue Royale/Koningsstraat, not far from the crossroads with the Small Ring.

Town
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or Sint-Joost-ten-Node, often simply called Saint-Josse in French or Sint-Joost in Dutch, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium.

Neighborhood
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The is a quarter in the historic upper town of , Belgium. It is situated between , the , the and the . It is an excellent example of 18th-century urban architecture.

Cirque Royal

Latitude
50.84886° or 50° 50′ 56″ north
Longitude
4.36597° or 4° 21′ 58″ east
Inception
1878
Operator
Brussels
Open location code
9F26R9X8+G9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 225176615
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­theatre
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q2870444
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Czech to Walloon—“Cirque Royal” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Cirque Royal”
  • Dutch: “Cirque Royal”
  • Dutch: “Koninklijk Circus”
  • French: “Cirque Royal”
  • French: “Koninklijk Circus”
  • German: “Cirque Royal”
  • German: “Königlicher Zirkus”
  • German: “Koninklijk Circus”
  • Japanese: “シルク・ロワイヤル”
  • Latin: “Cirque Royal”
  • Latin: “Koninklijk Circus”
  • Limburgan: “Cirque Royal”
  • Limburgan: “Koninklijk Circus”
  • Persian: “سیرک رویال”
  • Picard: “Cirque Royal”
  • Picard: “Koninklijk Circus”
  • Slovak: “Cirque Royal”
  • Vlaams: “Cirque Royal”
  • Vlaams: “Koninklijk Circus”
  • Walloon: “Cirque Royal”
  • Walloon: “Koninklijk Circus”

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