Charlemagne building

The Charlemagne building is a high-rise in the European Quarter of , Belgium, which houses the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, the Directorate-General for Trade, and since 2015, the Internal Audit Service of the Commission.
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  • Type: Office building
  • Description: EU administrative building in Brussels
  • Also known as: “CHAR” and “Charlemagne - Karel de Grote”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include building Berlaymont and Europa Building.

Public building
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The Berlaymont building is an office building in , Belgium, which houses the headquarters of the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union. is situated 150 metres east of Charlemagne building.

Public building
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The is the seat of the European Council and Council of the European Union, located on the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat in the European Quarter of , Belgium. is situated 150 metres south of Charlemagne building.

Railway station
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Brussels-Schuman railway station is a railway station in the , Belgium, serving the European Quarter. The station received its name from the aboveground Robert Schuman Roundabout, itself named after Robert Schuman, one of the founding fathers of the European Union, the Council of Europe and NATO. is situated 100 metres south of Charlemagne building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include European Quarter and Squares Quarter.

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The in , is a large office area east of the center which is mostly taken up by the European Union. The district also houses the large Parc de Cinquantenaire and a beautiful, but expensive, residential area on its northern edge.

Neighborhood
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The is a quarter of , Belgium. The district is the northern spur of the European Quarter, located between and the .

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…

Charlemagne building

Latitude
50.84377° or 50° 50′ 38″ north
Longitude
4.38023° or 4° 22′ 49″ east
Operator
European Commission
Open location code
9F26R9VJ+G3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 546817781
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­office
Wiki­data ID
Q974940
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Charlemagne building” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مبنى شارل مان”
  • Asturian: “Edificiu Carlomagno”
  • Breton: “Savadur Karl Veur”
  • Croatian: “Palača Charlemagne”
  • Dutch: “Karel de Grote-gebouw”
  • Dutch: “Karel de Grotegebouw”
  • Finnish: “Charlemagne”
  • French: “bâtiment Charlemagne”
  • French: “Bâtiment Charlemagne”
  • German: “Charlemagne-Gebäude”
  • Japanese: “シャルルマーニュ・ビルディング”
  • Slovenian: “palača Charlemagne”
  • Ukrainian: “Будівля Карла Великого”

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Highlights include Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs and Directorate-General for Trade.

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