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Parc du Cinquantenaire, Brussels

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Stroll the promenades of a grand urban park at Parc du Cinquantenaire, home of the Arc du Cinquantenaire. The 19th century saw the addition of the triumphal arch for Belgium's 50th anniversary as an independent nation. Three museums occupy the northern part of the park: the Royal Military Museum, Autoworld, and the Cinquantenaire Museum. A 19th-century monument called the Temple of Human Passions and a Great Mosque take up the northwest corner of the park. The buildings at the corners of the park complement the arch's neoclassical grandeur with their domes and rotundas, and the center is dominated by an esplanade where you can walk through the landscaped greenery. Use our Brussels travel itinerary maker to add Parc du Cinquantenaire and other attractions to your Brussels vacation plans.
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  • Within this park the famous Museum of the fiftieth anniversary, lies with its Arc de Triomphe, reminiscent of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, as I said above. It is a great place to relax and has many fast food stalls.
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  • It is another of the visits of the city, a quiet Park, people running with their dogs, making picnic... it is a very pleasant walk!
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  • It is one of the most representative buildings of Brussels and was built to celebrate fifty years of the birth of the Belgian nation. It has an arc de Triomphe with a bronze Quadriga at its top center and hosts three museums: the of the fiftieth anniversary, the military history and one of the cars of all ages.
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