inside the balat glasshouse Meise Belgium

            Coffee table in the Balat glasshouse of Meise botanical garden, Belgium. 

The Balat Glasshouse was designed in 1854 by Alphonse Balat, the our architect of King Leopold II. Initially it stood in the Leopold Park in Brussels and housed giant water lilies (Victoria amazonia). In 1878, the glasshouse moved to the Brussels Botanique. In the 1940s, it come to Meise. Alphonse Balat would later also design the Royal Greenhouses in Laeken.
 
De Balatkas werd in 1854 ontworpen door Alphonse Balat, de architect van Koning Leopold II. Aanvankelijk stond hij in het Leopoldpark in Brussel en herbergde hij reusachtige waterlelies (Victoria amazonia). In 1878 verhuisde de kas naar de Brusselse Botanique. In de jaren 1940 kwam ze naar Meise. Alphonse Balat zou later ook de Koninklijke Serres in Laken ontwerpen.

Taken on: May 22, 2024

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