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Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History

Index Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History

The Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History (Musée Royal de l’Armée et d’Histoire Militaire, often abbreviated to MRA, Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de Krijgsgeschiedenis, KLM) is a military museum that occupies the two northernmost halls of the historic complex in Cinquantenaire Park in Brussels, Belgium. [1]

23 relations: Belgian Revolution, Belgium, Brussels, Brussels International 1910, Brussels International Exposition (1897), Charles Girault, Cinquantenaire, Dutch language, French language, Garde Civique, Gédéon Bordiau, General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, Immediate Reaction Cell, Jacques-Louis David, La Cambre Abbey, Leopold II of Belgium, M46 Patton, Merode station, Orbitz, Rue de la Loi, Schuman railway station, Westland Sea King, World War I.

Belgian Revolution

The Belgian Revolution (Belgische Revolution) was the conflict which led to the secession of the southern provinces (mainly the former Southern Netherlands) from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the establishment of an independent Kingdom of Belgium.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

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Brussels International 1910

Exposition Universelle et Internationale was a world's fair held in Brussels in 1910 from 23 April to 1 November.

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Brussels International Exposition (1897)

The Brussels International Exposition (Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles) of 1897 was a World's fair held in Brussels, Belgium, from May 10, 1897 through November 8, 1897.

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Charles Girault

Charles-Louis Girault (27 December 1851 – 26 December 1932) was a French architect.

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Cinquantenaire

Parc du Cinquantenaire (French for "Park of the Fiftieth Anniversary", pronounced) or Jubelpark (Dutch for "Jubilee Park", pronounced) is a large public, urban park (30 hectares) in the easternmost part of the European Quarter in Brussels, Belgium.

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Dutch language

The Dutch language is a West Germanic language, spoken by around 23 million people as a first language (including the population of the Netherlands where it is the official language, and about sixty percent of Belgium where it is one of the three official languages) and by another 5 million as a second language.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Garde Civique

The Garde Civique or Burgerwacht (French and Dutch; "Civic Guard") was a Belgian paramilitary militia created in October 1830 shortly after the Belgian Revolution.

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Gédéon Bordiau

Gédéon-Nicolas-Joseph Bordiau (1832-1904) was a Belgian architect, active in the second half of the 19th century.

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General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon

The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) for the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Immediate Reaction Cell

The Immediate Reaction Cell (IRC) is an elite fighting force in the Belgian Land Component, consisting of one parachute and one commando battalion plus several support units (one artillery battery, one anti-aircraft artillery battery, one logistics company, one engineer company, one medical company and one reconnaissance unit).

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Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David (30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era.

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La Cambre Abbey

The Abbey of La Cambre or Ter Kameren Abbey (Abbaye de La Cambre, Abdij Ter Kameren) is a former Cistercian abbey in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium.

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Leopold II of Belgium

Leopold II (9 April 183517 December 1909) reigned as the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 and became known for the founding and exploitation of the Congo Free State as a private venture.

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M46 Patton

The M46 was an American medium tank designed to replace the M26 Pershing and M4 Sherman.

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Merode station

Merode is a railway and metro station in Brussels, Belgium.

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Orbitz

Orbitz.com is a travel fare aggregator website and travel metasearch engine.

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Rue de la Loi

Rue de la Loi (French) or Wetstraat (Dutch) is a principal road running through central and eastern Brussels (Belgium) which is famous due to the presence of several notable governmental buildings (of Belgium and the European Union).

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Schuman railway station

Schuman is a railway and metro station in the City of Brussels located above the Schuman metro station.

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Westland Sea King

The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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KLM-MRA, Musée Royal de l'Armée, Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire, Royal Military Museum Brussels, Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Museum_of_the_Armed_Forces_and_Military_History

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