Behind the disappearance of such fine African culture is the decade-long invasion and exploitation of Congo by King Leopold II of Belgium, who claimed that the Congo region, 70 times larger than Belgium, was his personal property. So this "African Palace" was built to show his great achievements.
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Behind the disappearance of such fine African culture is the decade-long invasion and exploitation of Congo by King Leopold II of Belgium, who claimed that the Congo region, 70 times larger than Belgium, was his personal property. So this "African Palace" was built to show his great achievements.
The Royal Museum for Central Africa or RMCA colloquially known as the Africa Museum, is an ethnography and natural history museum situated in Tervuren in Flemish Brabant, Belgium, just outside Brussels. It was first
This place is southeast of Brussels, called Tervuren. It's just because there's the Palace of Africa. It used to be a king's palace, but now it's a large African museum. Although Belgium was a small country, it had colonial rule in Congo, and it did not regain its independence until the 1960s. There is a huge garden in front of the palace. The color of autumn is very beautiful.
Starting from the Arc de Triomphe of the 50th Anniversary Park in downtown Brussels, we travelled along the 10-kilometer-long Del Villehan Boulevard, at the end of which is the African Park, which is located at the corner of Tel Villem Park, where the magnificent African Palace stands.
The Arc de Triomphe starts along the 10-kilometer-long Del Villehan Boulevard. At the end of the Boulevard is Africa Park, which is located at the corner of Tel Villem Park, where the magnificent African Palace stands.