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History of Belgium – Part II – belgium history
During the French Revolutionary Wars, the Austrian Netherlands were overran and then annexed by France. However, following the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, the area was removed from French control, and united with the Netherlands as part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
In 1830, revolution broke out in Belgium, which led to independence from the Netherlands. Leopold I became king, and the new country became an independent Catholic parliamentary democracy, The major powers of the Concert of Europe sanctioned the new country’s existence on

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Hotel Metropole History – belgium gastronomy
As one of the most well-known, distinguished heritage hotels in Brussels, a stay at the Hotel Metropole Brussels is like a step back in time to Belgium’s heyday in the late 1800′s when the city underwent an urban renewal.
In 1890, two brothers with a brewing company opened Café Metropole as a place in the city to sell their beer. The café was a huge success and the Weilemans-Ceuppens family then purchased the building next-door, a former bank, which would become the Hotel Metropole, inaugurated in 1895. Today, the hotel’s

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Belgium Ardennes ? A mixture of nature, tourism and history –
Located at the crossroads of the old continent, often referred to as “the essence of Europe”, Belgium is a small yet densely populated country in Northern Europe that borders the North Sea, Germany, Luxembourg , France and the Netherlands. Famous for its chocolate and beer, Belgium attracts millions of tourists every year mainly due to an interesting combination of nature and history.
Perhaps one of the best examples is the Ardennes region located in southern Belgium, in the south-eastern part of Wallonia region. The Ardennes

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