Academy Palace

The Academy Palace or Palace of the Academies is a neoclassical palace in , Belgium. It was originally built between 1823 and 1828 for Prince William II of Orange.
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  • Type: Public building
  • Description: former palace and current public establishment in Brussels, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Academy House”, “Palace of the Academies‏”, and “Palais des Académies - Academiënpaleis”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lambermont and Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.

Government office
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is a government office.

Museum
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The are a group of art museums in , Belgium. They are part of the institutions of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office and consist of six museums: the , the , the , the Modern Museum, the and the . is situated 520 metres west of Academy Palace.

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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 Academy Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Royal Quarter and Leopold Quarter.

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.

Neighborhood
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The is a quarter of , 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…

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.

Academy Palace

Latitude
50.84215° or 50° 50′ 32″ north
Longitude
4.36556° or 4° 21′ 56″ east
Levels
3
Open location code
9F26R9R8+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 225779391
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q2616099
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Academy Palace” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Палац акадэмій”
  • Catalan: “Palau de les Acadèmies”
  • Chinese: “學院宮”
  • Czech: “Academiënpaleis”
  • Czech: “Palác akademie”
  • Czech: “Palác Královské akademie věd”
  • Czech: “palác prince oranžského”
  • Czech: “Palais des Académies”
  • Czech: “Paleis van de Prins van Oranje”
  • Dutch: “Academiënpaleis”
  • Dutch: “Paleis der Academiën”
  • Esperanto: “Akademia Palaco”
  • French: “palais des Académies”
  • French: “Palais des Académies”
  • German: “Akademiepalast”
  • Russian: “Дворец академий”
  • Slovenian: “Palača akademij”
  • Slovenian: “Palais des Académies”
  • Swedish: “Academiënpaleis”
  • Swedish: “Akademipalatset”
  • Swedish: “Palais des Académies”
  • Swedish: “Paleis der Academiën”
  • Ukrainian: “Палац академій (Брюсель)”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten and Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.

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