Rue Belliard
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Rue Belliard or Belliardstraat (Dutch
) is a major street in Brussels
, Belgium
. The street runs parallel to the Rue de la Loi. Both are one-way streets; where traffic in Rue de la Loi is running in the western direction towards the Brussels city centre, the Rue Belliard is running in the eastern direction, away from the city centre.
The street runs from the east of the small ring road
to the south-west corner of the Cinquantenaire
park. The street has 5 lanes from the small ring road to the start of the Belliard tunnel, 2 lanes along the Leopold Park
and ends on 1 lane up to the Cinquantenaire. The section on one lane from one park to the other is partly on the territory of the municipality of Etterbeek
. The rest of the street is on the territory of the City of Brussels
.
The Rue Belliard is named after Augustin Daniel Belliard
a French
general who was governor of the "département de la Dyle".
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
) is a major street in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, Belgium
Belgium
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. The street runs parallel to the Rue de la Loi. Both are one-way streets; where traffic in Rue de la Loi is running in the western direction towards the Brussels city centre, the Rue Belliard is running in the eastern direction, away from the city centre.
The street runs from the east of the small ring road
Small ring (Brussels)
The Brussels small ring or inner ring road is a series of roadways in central Brussels, Belgium, surrounding the historic city centre. It was built on the site of the Second walls of Brussels, built in the 16th century, after they were torn down....
to the south-west corner of the Cinquantenaire
Cinquantenaire
Parc du Cinquantenaire or Jubelpark is a large public, urban park in the easternmost part of the European Quarter in Brussels, Belgium....
park. The street has 5 lanes from the small ring road to the start of the Belliard tunnel, 2 lanes along the Leopold Park
Leopold Park
Parc Léopold or Leopoldspark is a public park located within the Leopold Quarter of Brussels, adjacent to the Paul-Henri Spaak building, the seat of the European Parliament....
and ends on 1 lane up to the Cinquantenaire. The section on one lane from one park to the other is partly on the territory of the municipality of Etterbeek
Etterbeek
Etterbeek is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It neighbours the municipalities of the City of Brussels, Ixelles, Auderghem, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert and Schaerbeek....
. The rest of the street is on the territory of the City of Brussels
City of Brussels
The City of Brussels is the largest municipality of the Brussels-Capital Region, and the official capital of Belgium by law....
.
The Rue Belliard is named after Augustin Daniel Belliard
Augustin Daniel Belliard
Augustin Daniel Belliard, comte Belliard et de l'Empire was a French general.Belliard became an officer between 1792 and 1793 under Dumouriez in Belgium...
a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
general who was governor of the "département de la Dyle".
Buildings
The first part of the Rue Belliard (from Avenue des Arts until Rue van Maerlant) was opened in 1855, while the second part of the street (until the Cinquantenaire park) was finished in 1869.- 7: European Commission
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- Brussels and the European UnionBrussels and the European UnionBrussels is considered to be the de facto capital of the European Union, having a long history of hosting the institutions of the European Union within its European Quarter...
- Leopold QuarterLeopold QuarterThe Leopold Quarter is a quarter of Brussels, Belgium. Today the term is sometimes confused with European Quarter, as the area has come to be dominated by the institutions of the European Union and organisations dealing with them, although the two terms are not in fact the same, with the Leopold...
- Leopold ParkLeopold ParkParc Léopold or Leopoldspark is a public park located within the Leopold Quarter of Brussels, adjacent to the Paul-Henri Spaak building, the seat of the European Parliament....
- Small ring (Brussels)Small ring (Brussels)The Brussels small ring or inner ring road is a series of roadways in central Brussels, Belgium, surrounding the historic city centre. It was built on the site of the Second walls of Brussels, built in the 16th century, after they were torn down....
- CinquantenaireCinquantenaireParc du Cinquantenaire or Jubelpark is a large public, urban park in the easternmost part of the European Quarter in Brussels, Belgium....
- Rue de la Loi
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