Tag: Belgium

According to topschoolsintheusa, Verviers is an old industrial city in the Belgian Ardennes. The city owes its former wealth mainly to the Vesder. This river provided enough clean water, so that the textile industry in the city flourished in the nineteenth century. When you walk through the city, much of the old wealth of the…

The general budget of Belgium consists of: ordinary budget, including ordinary income (taxes, customs, state property, etc.) and ordinary expenses (public debt, state administrations, etc.); Extraordinary budget, including extraordinary income (sale of state assets, income for repairs) and extraordinary expenses (capital expenditures and expenses as a result of the war, including food allowances); budget of…

From the point of view of art, Belgium is a small territory which, like Tuscany and Greece, has contributed much more than great empires to enrich the common treasure of humanity. Origins. – It is not our intention to go back to prehistoric times, despite the fact that a small and shapeless figure of a…

At the origins of the two literatures are the Cantilène de Sainte Eulalie (Cantilena di Santa Eulalia) and the Ludwigslied (Canto di Ludovico) written by the hand of a copyist of the century. IX in Saint-Amand. In the context of early French literature, the Vie de Saint Léger (Life of San Léger) and the Vie de Saint Alexis (Life of Saint Alexis) are also…

FROM THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TO THE CONTEMPORARY AGE In the seventeenth century the art of Catholic restoration was inspired by the forms of the Italian and French baroque (S. Carlo Borromeo in Antwerp, Trinity church in Brussels). From the second half of the century a local baroque will develop with a strong taste for lavishly…

The uprisings that were to lead to the proclamation of the Kingdom of the Belgians began at the end of the century. XVIII, and more particularly when the Belgians rose to protest against the religious, juridical and administrative reforms implemented by Emperor Joseph II without taking into account local needs or the social context. Thus…

Geography The Kingdom of Belgium lies on the North Sea and is bordered on the land side by France, Luxembourg, Germany and the Netherlands. With its total area of ​​30,520 square kilometers, Belgium is one of the smaller European countries, but it has a fairly high population density. Although the country has a rather small…