institutions such as LaMonnaie/De Munt and the Museums of Art and History. Due to its long tradition of Belgian comics, Brussels is also hailed as a capital
Theatre as an annex to the Theatre of LaMonnaie. 1787 – The Vauxhall opens. 1783 – The Royal Palace of Brussels begins construction. 1784 The city's gates
central Brussels, Belgium. It consists of both a metro station (serving lines 1 and 5) and a premetro (underground tram) station (serving lines 3 and 4
Étienne Pernet, Paris (1905) Façade of La Samaritaine department store by Frantz Jourdain, rue de laMonnaie, Paris (1905–1910) Rouen-Rive-Droite railway
crowds, stirred by a performance of Auber's La Muette de Portici at the Brussels opera house of LaMonnaie, spilled out onto the streets singing patriotic