Corinthia Grand Hotel Astoria Brussels occupies King Leopold II’s 1910 Beaux-Arts commission on Rue Royale—a structure designed as Belgium’s architectural proclamation for the Brussels International Exposition. Henri Van Dievoet’s Louis XVI façade conceals a lineage of wartime command, Royal receptions, and literary immortality. The building served as headquarters for both German and British forces during … Continue reading Corinthia Grand Hotel Astoria Brussels: Royal Command Post in the Capital