Palace of National Industry

The Palace of National Industry, also known as the Palace of the Products of National Industry Exhibition or simply the Palace of Industry, was an exhibition hall located in Brussels, Belgium, which was established for industrial exhibitions in the 1820s.

Type: Castle
Description: palace in Brussels, Belgium
Also known as: “Palais de l’Industrie Nationale - Paleis voor de Nationale Nijverheid”

Places of Interest Nearby

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

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Government office

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The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium are a group of art museums in Brussels, Belgium. They are part of the institutions of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office and consist of six museums: the Oldmasters Museum, the Magritte Museum, the Fin-de-Siècle Museum, the Modern Museum, the Wiertz Museum and the Meunier Museum. Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium is situated 120 metres southeast of Palace of National Industry.

Royal Library of Belgium

Library

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The Royal Library of Belgium is the national library of Belgium. The institution owns several collections of historical importance, like the Library of the Dukes of Burgundy, and is the depository for all books ever published in Belgium or abroad by Belgian authors.

Manneken Pis

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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 560 metres northwest of Palace of National Industry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Royal Quarter and Pentagon.

Royal Quarter

Neighborhood

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The Royal Quarter is a quarter in the historic upper town of Brussels, Belgium. It is situated between Brussels Park, the Royal Palace, the Mont des Arts/Kunstberg and the Sablon/Zavel. It is an excellent example of 18th-century urban architecture.

Pentagon

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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.