Monument to the Dynasty

Monument to the Dynasty
  • Monument à la Dynastie (French)
  • Monument voor de Dynastie (Dutch)
LocationPlace de la Dynastie / Vorstenhuisplein
1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°53′26″N 4°21′12″E / 50.89056°N 4.35333°E / 50.89056; 4.35333
DesignerLouis De Curte
Beginning date1878 (1878)
Completion date1881 (1881)
Dedicated toKing Leopold I

The Monument to the Dynasty (French: Monument à la Dynastie; Dutch: Monument voor de Dynastie) is a monument erected in Brussels, Belgium, in memory of King Leopold I, first King of the Belgians. The monument is located in Laeken Park, on the Place de la Dynastie/Vorstenhuisplein, on top of a 50-metre-high (160 ft) hill. It completes the monumental axis, which starts from the portal of the Royal Palace of Laeken, and which leads to the monument after crossing the Avenue du Parc Royal/Koninklijk Parklaan via the Avenue de la Dynastie/Vorstenhuislaan.