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The Royal Crypt ( French: Crypte royale, Dutch: Koninklijke Crypte) lies underneath the Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Brussels, Belgium. It is the official burial place of the Belgian royal family, including all the Kings of the Belgians and their wives. [1] [2] Several members of the family are buried elsewhere, however, due to their marriage with foreign royalty or nobility.
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The Royal Crypt is situated in the church of Notre-Dame de Laeken and is the burial place of all reigning Belgian Sovereigns and their wives, as well as certain members of the Belgian Royal Family. Queen Louise-Marie, the wife of King Leopold I , had expressed a wish to be buried in Laeken.After the death of the Queen, in 1850, a competition was organised for the construction of the Church.
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The installation of the Belgian royal family in 1831 and the burial of Queen Louise in 1850 contributed to the appeal of Laeken. The cemetery houses very fine examples of 19th-century funerary art and also features an original bronze cast of Auguste Rodin's Thinker, purchased in 1927 by the antiquarian and art collector Josef Dillen to use as his o...
Personalities buried there include: 1. Alphonse Balat(1818–1895), architect 2. Charles Auguste de Bériot(1802–1870), violinist and composer 3. Jacques Coghen (1791–1858), Finance Minister and ancestor of King Philippe 4. Michel de Ghelderode(1898–1962), writer 5. Camille Jenatzy(1868–1913), race-car driver 6. Fernand Khnopff(1858–1921), painter 7. ...
Bibliography
1. Celis, Marcel (2004). Cimetières et nécropoles. Bruxelles, ville d'Art et d'Histoire (in French). Vol. 38. Brussels: Éditions de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.
5 de jul. de 2019 · The cemetery is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tours of the cemetery and the crypt can be arranged in advance. If the cemetery is open you have access to the crypt. You can get to the ...
Belgium has been a kingdom since 1831. All the monarchs, all the consorts, and some other members of the Belgian royal family have been buried at the neo-gothic Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Laeken in Brussels, Belgium. The church was built in memory of Queen Louise-Marie, wife of Belgium’s first king Leopold I. There has been a house of worship on this site since around 800. In 1275 ...
Heritage. The Royal Palace of Brussels, where the King works, has received thousands of visitors each year during the summer, ever since 1965. The Royal Greenhouses in Laeken are also open to the public each year during the spring. You are welcome to these prestigious buildings which are evidence of the living history of Belgium.
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