| Added by |
 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | The area of the Kunstberg/Mont des Arts used to be a densely populated district, the Sint-Rochuswijk/Quartier Saint Roches. By the end of the 19th century, King Leopold II had the idea to convert the hill into a Mont des Arts and bought the whole neighbourhood. After the demolition of the old buildings, the site turned into an ugly urban void because the Mont des Arts project lacked sufficient finance. To give the area, situated between the Royal Palace and the Grand Place, a better look during the Universal Exposition held in Brussels in 1910, the king ordered the landscape architect Pierre Vacherot to design a 'temporary' garden on the hill. It featured a park and a monumental staircase with cascading fountains descending the gentle slope from Place Royale down to Boulevard de l'Empereur/Keizerslaan. |
| Face value | 0,44 Euro |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 3446 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | BE 2088 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier BE 3383 Stanley Gibbons BE 3910 Belgium BE 3398 WADP Numbering System - WNS BE054.05 Unificato BE 3390 |
| Stamp colour | brown |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Issue date | 09/05/2005 |
| Designer | Guillaume Broux |
| Print technique | photogravure and recess |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 40.00 mm |
| Width | 27.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
