Hew Locke won the commission, the first of its kind in Belgium, to recontextualise the equestrian statue of King Leopold II in the ... which was chosen from 11 proposals and underwent public ...

King Leopold III of Belgium returned to Brussels on July 22, 1950, after six years of exile. BELGA/AFP Remaining the king of the Belgians at all costs, even under Nazi domination, was the goal of ...

Leopold III was crowned the King of Belgium in 1934. In September 1939, when World War II broke out, Britain and France asked Belgium to join them. But Leopold and his government refused stating ...