Japanese Tower
The Japanese Tower is a Japanese pagoda in Laeken, in the north-west of the City of Brussels, Belgium. The five-storey tall pagoda measures nearly 50 metres in height, and is part of the Museums of the Far East three-museum complex.Photo: Moyaertsd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Historic building
- Description: pagoda in Brussels, Belgium
- Also known as: “Japanese Tower of Brussels”, “Japanese Tower, Brussels”, “Japanse Toren”, “Tour japonaise”, and “Tour japonaise - Japanse Toren”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chinese Pavilion and Garden of the Chinese Pavilion.
Chinese Pavilion
Photo: Flouze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chinese Pavilion is situated 130 metres northwest of Japanese Tower.
Garden of the Chinese Pavilion
Park
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Garden of the Chinese Pavilion is a park, which is situated 110 metres northwest of Japanese Tower.
castle Laken
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Palace of Laeken or Castle of Laeken is the official residence of the King and Queen of the Belgians and the Belgian royal family. It lies in the Brussels-Capital Region, 5 km north of the city centre, in Laeken, and sits in a large private park called the Royal Domain of Laeken. castle Laken is situated 770 metres south of Japanese Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mutsaard and Neder-Over-Heembeek.
Mutsaard
Village
Mutsaard or Mutsaert, also known as the Pagoda Quarter or De Wand, is an old hamlet and a historic neighbourhood of Brussels, Belgium. Located between Laeken and Neder-over-Heembeek and centred around the Place du Mutsaert/Mutsaertplaats or Mutsaardplein, it is separated from the rest of Laeken by the Royal Domain and is the site of the Museums of the Far East.
Neder-Over-Heembeek
Village
Photo: Ben2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Neder-Over-Heembeek is a former municipality of Brussels, Belgium, that was merged into the City of Brussels in 1921. Nowadays, it is a northern section of that municipality, and a predominantly industrial zone, especially known for the Queen Astrid Military Hospital, which is the National Burns and Poisons Centre.
Laken
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Laeken or Laken is a residential suburb in the north-western part of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. It belongs to the municipality of the City of Brussels and is mostly identified by the Belgian postal code: 1020.
Japanese Tower
- Categories: pagoda, religious building, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Brussels, Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital, Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.89302° or 50° 53′ 35″ northLongitude
4.36137° or 4° 21′ 41″ eastInception
1901—1904Open location code
9F26V9V6+6GOpenStreetMap ID
way 48800407OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q56214383
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Japanese Tower” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Japanse Toren”
- Dutch: “Tour japonaise”
- French: “Japanse Toren”
- French: “Tour japonaise”
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