In the wake of the Belgian Revolution in 1830, the new members of the Belgian upper class hoped to create a new prestigious residential area in the capital.
•
In those days the outer edge of the area was defined by the Maalbeek river valley, but in the 1850s plans were drawn up to build a bridge across it to connect Rue de la Loi to the new military parade ground on the Linthout Plateau (today Parc du Cinquantenaire).
Leopold II of Belgium | Leopold Stokowski | French Quarter | Léopold Sédar Senghor | Leopold II | Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor | Leopold I of Belgium | Leopold Auer | Leopold III of Belgium | Order of Leopold | Leopold Mozart | Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor | Leopold I | Leopold Bloom | Leopold von Ranke | Leopold III, Duke of Austria | Leopold | American Quarter Horse | Aldo Leopold | Order of Leopold (Belgium) | Leopold Zunz | The 5th Quarter | quarter | Leopold Wenzel | Leopold, Victoria | Leopold Kronecker | Leopold Hager | Jason Leopold | Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria | Vieux Fort Quarter |