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Queen Fabiola, Prince Filip and Princess Mathilde bow their heads before leaving the Saint Gudele Cathedral.

In 1838 on 21st of July, Leopold I was crowned king in Belgium, after throwing the dutch out. Every year on the 21st of July Belgium feasts. Starting with a visit to the Saint Gudele Cathedral, one of the most beautiful churches of Brussels. Here, the Royal family and their guests listened to the T...

Today I encountered these preperations of the annual remembrance of the start of Belgium as an independent state. 21th of Juli was the day King Leopold I was crowned. Or view the entire series in this slideshow.