Monument to Adolphe Max – The Atomium loop from Roi Baudouin - Koning Boudewijn
Monument to Adolphe Max – The Atomium loop from Roi Baudouin - Koning Boudewijn
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Monument to Adolphe Max – The Atomium loop from Roi Baudouin - Koning Boudewijn
00:37
5.83km
70m
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Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 16, 2026
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After 846 m for 178 m
Open: • 8:00 AM-12:00 AM (otherwise closed)
After 4.81 km for 178 m
Open: • 8:00 AM-12:00 AM (otherwise closed)
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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1.60 km
Monument to Adolphe Max
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2.94 km
Dynasty Monument (Monument for the Dynasty)
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The Monument to the Dynasty is a monument in honor of King Leopold I of Belgium in the Park of Laeken in Brussels. The monument is located on Vorstenhuisplein on a hilltop 50 meters high. The monument ends the monumental axis that departs from the portal of the castle of Laeken and runs to the monument after the intersection with the Royal Parklaan via the Vorstenhuislaan.
The monument was designed by architect Louis De Curte in neo-Gothic style. It was worked on from 1878 to 1881 by order of King Leopold II. Leopold II had the monument erected in honor of the founding of the dynasty by his father, whom he had succeeded as King of the Belgians in 1865. The monument should have been completed in 1880, at the opening of the Park of Laeken on the fiftieth anniversary of the Kingdom of Belgium.
In the center of a gallery with nine bays, each symbolizing one of the former nine Belgian provinces, stands a sculpture of Leopold I. On this substructure rests an almost 50 meter high spire, crowned with a gilded crown.
Above the statues of the nine Belgian provinces, a Belgian lion always holds the coat of arms of the province in question. At the rear of the monument, on the north side, is a staircase that gives access to a circular walkway above the colonnade. This tour goes under the flying buttresses decorated with small gargoyles.
The statue of Leopold I was sculpted by Willem Geefs, who also made the statue of Leopold I on the Congress column. The statues of the provinces are each by different sculptors: Charles Brunin (Hainaut), Frans Deckers (Antwerp), Albert Desenfans (Luxembourg), Adolphe Fassin (Liège), Hendrik Pickery (West Flanders), Gérard Vander Linden (East Flanders ), Charles Van der Stappen (Brabant), Antoine van Rasbourg (Limburg) and Thomas Vinçotte (Namur).
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The Atomium
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Doomed to disappear at the end of the exhibition, the Atomium will be saved by its popularity to become this important international symbol of the city of Brussels but also of Belgium.
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5.83 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
4.14 km
826 m
491 m
170 m
162 m
Surfaces
3.22 km
1.97 km
433 m
165 m
< 100 m
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