Cinquantenaire

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• Access: traffic circle Schuman, Avenue de la Renaissance, Avenue des Nerviens and Gaulois, Avenue de l'Yser, Avenue de la Joyeuse Entrée
• Open: all year
• Date of creation: 19th century
• Classified site: 1976
• Map: [plan]

King Leopold II created the park to celebrate the 50th anniversery of the independence of Belgium (1880). Situated between the traffic circle Schuman, the Avenue des Nerviens, the Avenue de la Renaissance and Tervueren, the park covers 30 hectares of classic gardens with hedges of laurels and a symmetric plan. The museums of Art and History, Aviation, the Army and Military History and Autoworld are situated here. Great view at the top of the 3 arches.