Visit : park/garden, monument

MONT DES ARTS

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MONT DES ARTS
© OPT/Ricardo de la Riva

Address:

Mont des Arts
1000 BRUXELLES
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Tel.:+32 (0) 2 511 34 33

The garden of the Mont-des-Arts, a “Visual Springboard”, designed by René Pechère, is layed out on a slab, covering a car park. In front of the Convention Centre, a fountain with nine steles constitutes the main point of the garden. The flights of stairs that take us to the garden are adorned with reliefs by Oscar Jespers, Charles Leplae and Rik Poot. The rows of trees seem to converge towards the equestrian statue of Albert I below. On the right, fountains and a small games area for children. The garden links many places : all around it, but very close, we can find the old city, the Royal Albert I Library, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, the Royal Film Archive and the Film Museum, the Sculpture Garden, the BELvue museum, the Musical Instruments Museum …