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Monument to the Belgian pioneers in Congo

The Monument to the Belgian Pioneers in Congo is an allegorical monument in the in , Belgium. It was designed by the sculptor Thomas Vinçotte and crafted between 1911 and 1921 to commemorate the Congo Free State.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: monument by Thomas Vinçotte
  • Also known as: “Monument aux pionniers belges au Congo - Monument voor de Belgische pioniers in Congo”, “Monument du Congo - Congomonument”, and “Monument to the Belgian Pioneers in Congo”
  • Inscription: “Opgericht ter eere der eerste belgische baanbrekers / Monument élevé aux premiers pionniers belges”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pavilion of Human Passions and Great Mosque of Brussels.

Museum
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The , also known as the Horta-Lambeaux Pavilion, is a neoclassical pavilion in the form of a Greek temple that was built by Victor Horta in 1896 in the of , Belgium.

Mosque
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The is located in the . Originally built in 1897 as an exhibition attraction, it was transformed into a Muslim place of worship in 1978 by Saudi Arabia, which managed it for forty years. is situated 120 metres north of Monument to the Belgian pioneers in Congo.

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 400 metres west of Monument to the Belgian pioneers in Congo.

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 .

Town
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is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the eastern part of the region, it is bordered by the municipalities of , the , , , and .

Monument to the Belgian pioneers in Congo

Latitude
50.84239° or 50° 50′ 33″ north
Longitude
4.38778° or 4° 23′ 16″ east
Open location code
9F26R9RQ+X4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 711128802
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­memorial
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q16665229
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From Dutch to Swedish—“Monument to the Belgian pioneers in Congo” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Monument to the Belgian pioneers in Congo”. Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0.