Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west. The country also shares a maritime boundary with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Belgium covers an area of 30,689 km2 (11,849 sq mi) and has a population of more than 11.8 million; its population density of 383/km2 (990/sq mi) ranks 22nd in the world and sixth in Europe. The capital and largest metropolitan region is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven.
Belgium is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a complex federal system structured on regional and linguistic grounds. The country is divided into three highly autonomous regions: the Flemish Region (Flanders) in the north, the Walloon Region (Wallonia) in the south, and the Brussels-Capital Region in the middle. Belgium is also home to two main linguistic communities: the Dutch-speaking Flemish Community, which constitutes about 60 percent of the population, and the French-speaking French Community, which constitutes about 40 percent of the population; a small German-speaking Community, comprising around one percent of the population, exists in the East Cantons. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political conflicts are reflected in its complex system of governance, made up of six different governments. Belgium is a developed country with an advanced high-income economy. It is one of the six founding members of the European Union, with its capital of Brussels serving as the de facto capital of the EU, hosting the official seats of the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European Council, and one of two seats of the European Parliament (the other being Strasbourg). Brussels also hosts the headquarters of many major international organizations, such as NATO.
In antiquity, present-day Belgium was dominated by the Belgae before being annexed into the Roman Empire in the mid first century BC. During the Middle Ages, Belgium's central location kept it relatively prosperous and connected both commercially and politically to its larger neighbours; it was part of the Carolingian Empire, the succeeding Holy Roman Empire, and subsequently the Burgundian Netherlands. Following rule by Habsburg Spain (1556–1714), the Austrian Habsburgs (1714–1794), and Revolutionary France (1794–1815), most of modern-day Belgium was incorporated into the United Kingdom of the Netherlands after the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Centuries of being contested and controlled by various European powers earned Belgium the moniker "the Battlefield of Europe", a reputation reinforced in the 20th century by both world wars. (Full article...)
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The 2015 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, formally the WEC 6 Heures de Spa-Francorchamps, was a six-hour endurance sports car racing event held for Le Mans Prototype and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance cars on 2 May at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium. Spa-Francorchamps hosted the second race of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship with 54,000 people attending the race weekend.
The No. 17 Porsche of Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley, and Mark Webber qualified in pole position and maintained the lead until it was issued with a stop-and-go penalty, allowing Marc Lieb, Romain Dumas and Neel Jani to take over the lead. Audi's No. 7 car of André Lotterer, Marcel Fässler and Benoît Tréluyer took over the lead when Jani made a scheduled pit stop. Lotterer and Lieb battled for the position until the former made a pit stop that had Tréluyer assume his driving duties. He overtook Lieb to move to the front of the race where he remained for the rest of the event to win after Audi elected to keep him on track. Lieb, Dumas and Jani finished second and Bernhard, Hartley and Webber was third. Lotterer, Fässler and Tréluyer covered a record-breaking track distance of 765.967 miles (1,232.704 km) over 176 laps. (Full article...)
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Image 2Photo credit: Jon Sullivan/Pharaoh Hound
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Image 4The Belgian franc was the currency of the Kingdom of Belgium from 1832 until 2002, when the euro was introduced. The Belgian mint was innovative, and in 1860, the country became the first to introduce coins made of cupronickel. A few years later, in 1865, Belgium formed the Latin Monetary Union with France, Switzerland and Italy (Greece joined the system later), which facilitated trade between the countries by setting standards by which gold and silver currency could be minted and exchanged. This 40-franc gold coin was minted in 1835, and depicts Leopold I, the first king of the Belgians following the country's independence in 1830, on the obverse. The coin is now part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.
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Image 6Photo credit: Luc Viatour
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Image 7Photo credit: Hans Hillewaert
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Image 9A self-portrait of Louis-Marie Autissier (1772–1830), a French-born Belgian portrait miniature painter. He is considered the founder of the Belgian school of miniature painting in the nineteenth century. Born at Vannes, in Brittany, he joined the French Revolutionary Army at Rennes in 1791. On leaving the army in 1795, Autissier went to Paris and trained his art by studying paintings at the Louvre. In 1796 he settled in Brussels, but continued to divide his time between Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. Although he enjoyed great success in his career, serving as court painter to Louis Napoleon, French King of the Netherlands, and later to Willem I, Autissier died penniless.
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Image 10Photograph credit: Marc Ryckaert
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Image 11Photograph: Joaquim Alves Gaspar The Graslei harbour is a popular destination in the Belgian city of Ghent. It is found in the city centre.
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Image 13Sunrise, Inverness Copse, is a 1918 artwork by the British war artist Paul Nash. It shows a desolate Western Front landscape at Inverness Copse, near Ypres in Belgium; the sun is rising over the hills to reveal shattered trees standing among mounds of earth and an expanse of mud, pock-marked by shell-holes and devoid of vegetation. The pen-and-ink drawing, with watercolour and chalk, is held by the Imperial War Museum in London. After a period serving in the Artists Rifles following the outbreak of the First World War, Nash was commissioned as an officer in the Hampshire Regiment. He was sent to Flanders in February 1917, but was invalided back to London in May 1917, a few days before his unit was nearly obliterated at the Battle of Messines. Nash became an official war artist and returned to the Ypres Salient, where he was shocked by the devastation caused by war. In six weeks on the Western Front, he completed what he called "fifty drawings of muddy places". He later used this drawing as the basis for his 1918 oil painting We Are Making a New World.
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The following are images from various Belgium-related articles on Wikipedia.
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Image 114th-century illustration of the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302 where forces from the County of Flanders defeated their nominal overlords of the Kingdom of France. (from History of Belgium)
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Image 2The well-known Ghent Altarpiece, a 15th-century painting by Hubert and Jan Van Eyck in St. Bavo's Cathedral. (from Ghent)
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Image 3The horse Bayard carrying The Four Sons of Aymon, created by Olivier Strebelle for Expo 58 (from Namur)
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Image 5Belgian folk dance group at the International Folklore Festival in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (from Culture of Belgium)
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Image 6Population density of Europe. Brussels is located between the largest urban centres. (from Brussels)
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Image 7Postcard showing the Cranenburg House (from Bruges)
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Image 8Policeman in Brussels (from Brussels)
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Image 11A typical scene of peasant life, Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap (1565) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (from Art of Belgium)
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Image 12The KHBO campus in Sint-Michiels (from Bruges)
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Image 13Flint knives discovered in Belgian caves (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 14Extreme points of Belgium (from Geography of Belgium)
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Image 15Stade Maurice Dufrasne, home to football club Standard Liège. (from Liège)
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Image 16A10 road (Belgium) (from Bruges)
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Image 17The first Belgian-produced steam locomotive, "The Belgian" ( "Le Belge") built in 1835 (from History of Belgium)
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Image 19Merchants in Bruges, first half of the 16th century (from Bruges)
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Image 20An assortment of sauces (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 21The Markt (market square) (from Bruges)
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Image 22A Richly Laid Table with Parrots, Jan Davidsz de Heem, c. 1650. On the table one can see ham, seafood, bread, wine, and various kinds of fruit. (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 23Hoboken vlag (from Antwerp)
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Image 24The Battle of Beverhoutsveld (1382) in Froissart's Chronicles, with Bruges as setting (from Bruges)
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Image 25European route E403 (from Bruges)
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Image 26Saint Bavo, patron saint of Ghent (from Ghent)
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Image 27Belfry (from Ghent)
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Image 28N31 road (Belgium) (from Bruges)
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Image 29A statue of Our Lady of Hanswijk is carried through the city during the procession in 2013 (from Mechelen)
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Image 31The Ardennes in Belgium (from Ardennes)
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Image 32Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (Sint-Jans-Molenbeek) (from Brussels)
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Image 33Flag of Berchem, Antwerp (from Antwerp)
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Image 34Equestrian Statue of Leopold II, Place du Trône/ Troonplein, Brussels (from History of Belgium)
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Image 35Two Force Publique soldiers in 1943 (from History of Belgium)
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Image 36Carbonade flamande/ Stoofvlees, another of Belgium's national dishes (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 37Concertgebouw ("Concert Building") (from Bruges)
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Image 38The 1927 Solvay Conference in Brussels was the fifth world physics conference. (from Brussels)
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Image 39The Palace of Justice in Ghent, c. 1895 (from Ghent)
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Image 40The Bourse Palace, the former Brussels Stock Exchange (BSE) building (from Brussels)
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Image 41Flags of NATO member states wave at the entrance of NATO's headquarters in Haren (from Brussels)
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Image 44The Kruispoort (from Bruges)
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Image 45St Aubin's Cathedral is the only academic Late Baroque cathedral in Belgium. (from Namur)
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Image 46Ghent in 1775 on the Ferraris map (from Ghent)
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Image 47A HermeLijn low-floor tram in Ghent (from Ghent)
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Image 48Blason ville be Borgerhout (from Antwerp)
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Image 49Scaldis ("the Scheldt") and Antverpia ("Antwerp"), Abraham Janssens, 1609, oil on panel, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp (from Antwerp)
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Image 50Uccle (Ukkel) (from Brussels)
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Image 51Dulle Griet, a notable medieval bombard (from Ghent)
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Image 52Watermael-Boitsfort (Watermaal-Bosvoorde) (from Brussels)
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Image 53Flag of Antwerp (district) (from Antwerp)
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Image 55De Kouter in Ghent in 1763 by Engelbert van Siclers (from Ghent)
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Image 56The Sack of Antwerp in 1576, in which 17,000 people died. (from History of Belgium)
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Image 60Ixelles (Elsene) (from Brussels)
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Image 62Main hall of Brussels-South railway station, home to the Eurostar train service to London (from Brussels)
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Image 63Liège in 1650 (from Liège)
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Image 64The Great Mosque of Brussels, former seat of the Islamic and Cultural Centre of Belgium (from Brussels)
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Image 66The natural regions of Belgium. (from Geography of Belgium)
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Image 67The Grand-Place after the 1695 bombardment by the French army (from Brussels)
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Image 68Sunset over the river Leie in Ghent (from Ghent)
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Image 70Namur in 1838 (from Namur)
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Image 71Municipality of Bruges (from Bruges)
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Image 72A historic street in Belgium (from History of Belgium)
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Image 73Emperor Charles V was born in Ghent in 1500 (from Ghent)
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Image 76Ruins of St. Bavo's Abbey (from Ghent)
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Image 77Moules-frites/ Mosselen met friet, one of Belgium's national dishes (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 78Pont de Fragnée (from Liège)
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Image 79Liège in 1627 (from Liège)
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Image 80Auderghem (Oudergem) (from Brussels)
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Image 81Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (Sint-Joost-ten-Node) (from Brussels)
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Image 82A17 road (Belgium) (from Bruges)
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Image 83Bruges on the Ferraris map, c. 1775 (from Bruges)
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Image 84De Lingtworm en Krocht (from Ghent)
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Image 85A typical friterie or fritkot in Belgium (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 86Saint Michael' bridge over the Lys (Leie) river and Saint Michael' church (from Ghent)
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Image 87Portrait of Leopold I who became the first King of the Belgians in 1831 (from History of Belgium)
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Image 88European route E40 (from Bruges)
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Image 89A Van Hool articulated bus in Ghent (from Ghent)
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Image 94Joust on stilts in Namur. The stiltwalkers fights dates back to 1411. (from Namur)
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Image 95Flint knives discovered in Belgian caves (from History of Belgium)
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Image 96A10 road (Belgium) (from Bruges)
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Image 98Saint-Gilles (Sint-Gillis) (from Brussels)
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Image 100The stairway of the Montagne de Bueren (from Liège)
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Image 101Mechelen on the Ferraris map (around 1775) (from Mechelen)
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Image 104British tanks arrive in Brussels on 4 September 1944, ending the German occupation (from Brussels)
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Image 105Tintin and Snowy ( Hergé), on the roof of the former headquarters of Le Lombard near Brussels-South railway station (from Culture of Belgium)
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Image 106't Zand bus station (from Bruges)
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Image 107Varieties of coiled boudin/ pens (blood sausage) for sale at a Belgian Christmas market (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 110Panorama of the city of Liège. Photo taken from the heights of the Citadel (left bank of the Meuse). (from Liège)
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Image 111Painting of steel production in Ougrée by Constantin Meunier (1885) (from History of Belgium)
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Image 112Jette (from Brussels)
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Image 113The citadel and the Meuse (from Namur)
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Image 114Inauguration of the statue of Charlemagne, 26 July 1868 (from Liège)
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Image 115Main Hall of the Oldmasters Museum, part of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels (from Art of Belgium)
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Image 116Brussels' Northern Quarter business district (from Brussels)
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Image 117Moules-frites or mosselen met friet is a representative dish of Belgium. (from Culture of Belgium)
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Image 11916th-century guildhalls at the Grote Markt (from Antwerp)
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Image 120An Art Nouveau doorway in Ixelles, designed by Ernest Delune and built in 1902. (from Art of Belgium)
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Image 121Ekeren vlag (from Antwerp)
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Image 123Languages spoken at home in the Brussels-Capital Region (2013) French French and Dutch Dutch French and other language Neither French nor Dutch (from Brussels)
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Image 124De Singel (from Antwerp)
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Image 125The Sambre (from Namur)
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Image 126Namur, the Meuse, the Walloon Parliament and the citadel (from Namur)
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Image 128An altarpiece by the Brabantian painter Rogier van der Weyden (1399-1464) who was at the forefront of the Northern Renaissance (from History of Belgium)
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Image 129Traditional Liègian puppets (from Liège)
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Image 130Aerial view of Brussels' European Quarter, hosting most of the European Union (EU)'s institutions (from Brussels)
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Image 131Chicons au gratin/ Gegratineerd witloof (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 132European route E34 (from Bruges)
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Image 133Fowl roasting on a spit. A shallow basin collects the drippings to use in sauces or for basting; The Decameron, Flanders, 1432 (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 134Aerial view of the Boudewijnkanaal canal linking Zeebrugge (top) with Bruges (middle) (from Bruges)
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Image 135Charles of Lorraine, traditionally considered the founder of what would become Brussels, c. 979 (from Brussels)
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Image 136The Gilles of Binche, in costume, wearing wax masks (from Culture of Belgium)
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Image 137European route E403 (from Bruges)
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Image 138Map showing the area of West Germany occupied by Belgian forces after the Second World War, known as FBA-BSD (from History of Belgium)
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Image 139Cartoon of "The Rape of Belgium" showing giant hairy fist with Prussian eagle grasping maiden in flowing robes. (from History of Belgium)
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Image 140Evere (from Brussels)
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Image 141The Ghent Altarpiece: The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (interior view), painted 1432 by van Eyck (from Culture of Belgium)
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Image 142A bowl of grey shrimp as a snack (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 143The Fish Market (from Bruges)
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Image 144Map of Antwerp (1624) (from Antwerp)
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Image 146The Atomium (from Brussels)
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Image 147Southern part of the Low Countries with bishopry towns and abbeys c. 7th century. Abbeys were the onset to larger villages and even some towns to reshape the landscape. (from History of Belgium)
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Image 148Network map of the Brussels Metro (from Brussels)
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Image 149Arduenna silva between Maas und Rhein (from Ardennes)
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Image 150Passenger terminal of Liège Airport (from Liège)
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Image 151The Place Royale/Koningsplein in the late 19th century (from Brussels)
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Image 153' t Groen Waterke (from Mechelen)
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Image 155Communities of Belgium: Flemish & French Community / bilingual language area (from Brussels)
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Image 156Liège at night, photography taken from the ISS in December 2012 (from Liège)
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Image 158Korenlei (from Ghent)
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Image 159Provincial Government Building (from Antwerp)
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Image 160Flag of Berchem, Antwerp (from Antwerp)
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Image 161The City Hall (from Bruges)
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Image 163The Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat is one of the city's main streets. (from Brussels)
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Image 164Taking of Mechelen by the Geuzen under the command of Olivier van Tympele and John Norreys on 9 April 1580 by Nicolaas van Eyck (from Mechelen)
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Image 165Walloon workers demonstration in Brussels in the winter of 1960 (from History of Belgium)
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Image 167Villo! shared bicycles in Brussels (from Brussels)
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Image 168Entrance gate of Oude Vismijn ("Old Fish Market") (from Ghent)
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Image 169A 2020 satellite image of the Greater Brussels area (from Brussels)
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Image 170Buildings along the river Leie in Ghent (from Ghent)
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Image 172Population timeline of Antwerp (from Antwerp)
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Image 173Flag of Merksem (district) (from Antwerp)
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Image 174View of Brussels, c. 1610 (from Brussels)
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Image 175Sack of Antwerp in 1576, in which about 7,000 people died (from Antwerp)
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Image 176The Graslei, in the old city centre (from Ghent)
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Image 177Site of the massacre of Belgian UN personnel in Kigali, Rwanda. (from History of Belgium)
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Image 178GDP per capita development of Belgium (from Economy of Belgium)
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Image 179European route E40 (from Bruges)
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Image 182Bilingual French and Dutch street signs in Brussels (from Brussels)
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Image 186Chimay Tripel, a Trappist beer with its own glass (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 187Official poster of the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp (from Antwerp)
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Image 188Brussels is known for its local waffles. (from Brussels)
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Image 189Municipalities (from Ghent)
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Image 190Self Portrait (1623) by Peter Paul Rubens (from Art of Belgium)
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Image 191Belgian soldier taking cover by the corpses of dead hostages, November 1964 in Stanleyville during Operation Dragon Rouge (from History of Belgium)
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Image 192French soldiers fight at Fleurus in Belgium during the Revolutionary Wars, 1794 (from History of Belgium)
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Image 193Graslei (from Ghent)
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Image 194Rabot Gate (from Ghent)
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Image 196Flag of Deurne (from Antwerp)
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Image 1971944: Soldiers of the US Army 4185th Quartermaster Service Company loading a Red Ball Express truck at Liège. (from Liège)
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Image 198German soldiers examine an abandoned Belgian T13 Tank, 1940 (from History of Belgium)
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Image 199Belgian F-16 conducts a combat patrol over Afghanistan, 2008 (from History of Belgium)
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Image 200Schaerbeek (Schaarbeek) (from Brussels)
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Image 202Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe) (from Brussels)
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Image 204Bayard Rock, Dinant, on the right bank of the Meuse. According to a legend, a magic horse jumped from the top of this rock to the left bank of the river, carrying the Four Sons of Aymon fleeing Charlemagne. (from Ardennes)
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Image 205Map of Belgian regions and provinces. (from Geography of Belgium)
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Image 206A Belgian machine gunner at the front lines in 1918, firing a Chauchat machine gun. (from History of Belgium)
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Image 207The R4 ringroad (from Ghent)
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Image 208Jenever bottles for sale in Hasselt, including two in traditional clay bottles (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 209Statue Lieven Bauwens (from Ghent)
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Image 210A re-creation of Mixtura cum Caseo (soft cheese with a herb purée) and Hapalos Artos (soft bread), served with olives, grapes and wine (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 212Berchem-Sainte-Agathe (Sint-Agatha-Berchem) (from Brussels)
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Image 213Part of the Markt (market square) (from Bruges)
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Image 214Vrijdagmarkt with statue of Jacob van Artevelde (from Ghent)
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Image 215A18 road (Belgium) (from Bruges)
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Image 216John of Gaunt, born in Ghent in 1340 (from Ghent)
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Image 217The Belfry of Namur (from Namur)
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Image 221Saint Servatius, bishop of Tongeren and one of the first known Christian figures in the region. 16th century reliquary. (from History of Belgium)
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Image 223The Gravensteen (from Ghent)
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Image 225The flag of the francophone pro-Nazi Rexist party (from History of Belgium)
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Image 226Gaufres/ Wafels (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 227St. Rumbold's Cathedral on the Grote Markt (from Mechelen)
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Image 228Sirop de Liège/ Luikse siroop on a slice of bread (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 229Episode of the Belgian Revolution of 1830, Egide Charles Gustave Wappers (1834), in the Musée d'Art Ancien, Brussels (from History of Belgium)
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Image 230Jacques Rogge, 2014 (from Ghent)
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Image 231Pêches au thon/ Perziken met tonijn (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 232Jan Breydel Stadium (from Bruges)
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Image 233Dried Ardenne sausage (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 235Liège, the Sunday "Batte" market (from Liège)
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Image 239View on the city of Ghent in 1540 by Lucas de Heere (from Ghent)
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Image 240Grote Markt (main square) (from Antwerp)
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Image 241Surviving Roman city walls in Tongeren, the former city of Atuatuca Tongrorum (from History of Belgium)
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Image 242Bevrijdingsdok terminal at the Port of Antwerp (from Antwerp)
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Image 243Wilrijk vlag (from Antwerp)
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Image 244The flag of Flanders incorporating the Flemish lion, also used by the Flemish Movement. (from History of Belgium)
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Image 245N49 road (Belgium) (from Bruges)
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Image 246Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (Sint-Pieters-Woluwe) (from Brussels)
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Image 247Jambon d'Ardenne/ Ardeense ham hanging from a rack (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 249Manneken Pis, a well-known public sculpture (from Brussels)
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Image 250The brewery Het Anker, home of the Gouden Carolus beer (from Mechelen)
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Image 251The Iron Worker (1890 by Constantin Meunier) (from Art of Belgium)
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Image 252Charles Michel, the Prime Minister of Belgium from 2014 until 2019 (from History of Belgium)
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Image 253View of Antwerp by Jan Wildens (from Antwerp)
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Image 254Elio Di Rupo, the Prime Minister of Belgium from 2011 until 2014 (from History of Belgium)
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Image 256Episode of the Belgian Revolution of 1830, Gustaf Wappers, 1834 (from Brussels)
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Image 257Frites wrapped in a traditional paper cone ( cornet) served with mayonnaise and curry ketchup, with a small plastic fork on top and a meat frikandel on the side (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 258Regions of Belgium: Brussels-Capital Region (from Brussels)
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Image 259Historical centre of Ghent – from left to right: Old post office, St. Nicholas' Church, Belfry, and St. Bavo's Cathedral (from Ghent)
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Image 26015th-century Ghent miniature of Joseph, showing daily life there (from Ghent)
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Image 262The Provinciaal Hof (from Bruges)
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Image 263Paul-Henri Spaak, three-times Prime Minister and author of the Spaak Report, was a staunch believer in international bodies, including the ECSC and EEC (from History of Belgium)
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Image 264The Elly Mærsk, one of the world's largest container ships, at Zeebrugge (from Bruges)
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Image 265Making Waffles, Basile De Loose, 1853 (from Belgian cuisine)
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Image 266Map showing the division of Brabant into Flemish Brabant (yellow), Walloon Brabant (red) and the Brussels-Capital Region (orange) in 1995 (from History of Belgium)
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Image 267Old Post Office on the Korenmarkt (from Ghent)
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Image 268Statue of Charlemagne in the centre of Liège (from Liège)
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Image 270View of Antwerp painted c.1540. (from History of Belgium)
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Image 271Morphologically connected mountains of Ardennes and Eifel, framed by the rivers Semois, Meuse, Moselle and Rhine. The highest elevation is the Hohe Acht at 746.9 m above sea level. NHN (from Ardennes)
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Image 273Old town (from Namur)
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Image 275Interior of the Hôtel Tassel in Brussels, by Victor Horta (1892–93) (from Culture of Belgium)
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Image 276View of Antwerp with the frozen Scheldt (1590) by Lucas van Valckenborch (from Antwerp)
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Image 277Cuberdon: A popular local delicacy (from Ghent)
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Image 278Artist Félicien Rops (from Namur)
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Image 279Antwerp from the left bank of the Scheldt, c. 1890–1900 (from Antwerp)
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Image 280Forest (Vorst) (from Brussels)
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Image 281A 1906 British Punch cartoon depicting Leopold II as a rubber vine entangling a Congolese man (from History of Belgium)
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Image 282Het Steen (literally: 'The Stone') (from Antwerp)
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Image 283Curtius Museum, museum of archaeology and decorative arts, located on the bank of the Meuse (from Liège)
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Image 284Geeraard de Duivelsteen (from Ghent)
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Image 285Flag of Borsbeek (from Antwerp)
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Image 286The Art Deco Memorial tower of the Interallied Memorial of Cointe complex (from Liège)
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Image 287Etterbeek (from Brussels)
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Image 289The Gravensteen in Ghent, whose current buildings date to 1180, was the castle of the Counts of Flanders. (from History of Belgium)
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Image 290Antwerp population pyramid in 2022 (from Antwerp)
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Image 291The "Fusilade of Mons" during the 1893 strike as the Borains are fired on by the Garde Civique during the protests for universal suffrage. (from History of Belgium)
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