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La Monnaie

The Royal Theatre of La Monnaie is an opera house in central Brussels, Belgium. The National Opera of Belgium, a federal institution, takes the name of this theatre in which it is housed—La Monnaie in French or De Munt in Dutch—referring to the building as well as the opera company. As Belgium's leading opera house, it is one of the few cultural institutions to receive financial support from the Federal Government o…

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Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

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La Monnaie gallery

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Opera house in Brussels, Belgium

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Joseph Poelaert

1817-1879 · Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

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Joseph Poelaert was a Belgian architect. He was entrusted with important projects in Brussels, such as Saint Catherine's Church, the Church of Our Lady of Laeken, the Congress Column, the Royal Theatre of la Monnaie and above all, the Palace of Justice.

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Joseph Poelaert

studio · Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Role: designer

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