All About Royal Families

On July 21st. 1843, the Antwerp Zoo was established, which makes it one of the oldest animal parks of the world. engraving of the Antwerp Zoo -Source picture: Wikipedia In 1844 King Leopold I of Belgium inaugurated the building and the predicate 'Royal' was added to its name for this occasion. During the Olympic Games of 1920 the Antwerp Zoo was the host for boxing and wrestling games. In 1969 the Antwerp Zoo emphasized his role in education with the Zoo Classes. Several decades later even my husband and I went on a schooltrip to the Antwerp Zoo.  On January 1st. 1983, the animal park was classified as monument. In fact there are besides the animals a lot of beautiful buildings like: - the entrance; - Egyptian temple; - Moor temple; - Aquarium (made in 1910 and designed by Emile Thielens); - Winter garden.

No, this blogpost isn't written too early. Indeed July 21st. marks the National Day of Belgium, but today there also are a lot of festivities.  Belgian monument in Spa Already this evening, a concert will take place at the BOZAR palace  in Brussels.The concert will be attended by King Philippe of the Belgians  and his wife, Queen Mathilde and other members of the Royal Family. Each year the King of the Belgians gives a speech on the occasion of the National Day. In his speech King Philippe warned about the superficial relations on the Internet. Meanwhile since now the Belgian Monarchy has an official page on Facebook.  Will there be one on Google+ too? :-)  On July 21st. there will be several Te Deums, inter alia in Brussels, Antwerp and Mons. Te Deum is a remembrance of the enthronement of King Leopold I of Belgium.   On the Twitter section of my blog, you can  see some lovely pictures of   King Philippe and his family. In the afternoon

A pink façade and some history... That's the least that I can tell about the Neo-Baroque Posthof in Trier. It was used as Post office and it showed the representation of the Post as an Imperial Institution in a very impressive way. Posthof Trier - own picture With this post, I'd like to wish you all a very Happy Weekend. Thank you for reading my blog, the likes and the reshares on Google+ and on  Twitter as well!

16 July 1715 marks the birth of Charles de Rohan. This event took place at the Palace of Versailles near Paris in France. Youth His parents were Jules, Prince of Soubise, a lieutenant captain of the gendarmes of the Royal Guard and Anne Julie de Melun. Charles was styled by birth as Prince of Epinoy till his father's death  in 1724. That year in fact, both of his parents died due to smallpox. The young orphan was then entrusted to his grandfather: Hercule Mériadec, Duke of Rohan-Rohan. Charles grew up at the Royal Court and there he became a companion of Louis XV. They had the same age... In the army At the age of 18, Charles became a Musketeer and soon he had a great carreer. In 1757 at Rossbach, the Prince of Soubise, hadn't much luck he was defeated by the Prussian army.He stayed in military service until the Peace of 1763. After Charles left the army he lived a normal life as a man of fashion in Paris. Love & Marriage Charles married 3