Laeken (lä'kən) , part of Brussels, central Belgium. The palace built there (early 19th cent.) by Napoleon I is used as a Belgian royal residence.
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| Xavier Mellery (art) | |
| Liam O'Connor (architecture) | |
| Joseph Philippe Poelaert (architecture) |
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