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Belgium

For a long time a second-rate, alternately the seat of a small duchy and the capital of the Netherlands during the Renaissance before their division, Brussels truly began to flourish only when Belgium became a state. Since then, it has fully embraced its dual status as a multicultural capital, both national and European.

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Art Nouveau emerged at the end of the 19th century in a context of profound economic and social transformations. Amidst the Industrial Revolution, Brussels experienced a period of prosperity and urban expansion. The city grew with the construction of new residential districts, responding to the increasing population and the rise of an affluent and educated bourgeoisie. This new elite sought innovation and desired to assert its social status through architectural works that broke away from the academic and historicist styles of the time.

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