Lambeaux. Since its completion, the building has remained almost permanently closed. Since 2014, the building is accessible during the summer time. Monument to the Belgian Pioneers In the Cinquantenaire Park also stands the Monument to the Belgian Pioneers in Congo, designed by Thomas Vinçotte in 1912–1921, and honouring the Belgian colonial efforts in the former Belgian Congo. Partly due to the proximity of the Great Mosque of Brussels, an inscription regarding the Arab slave trade is the subject of ongoing controversy. Map {| style="margin: auto; margin-bottom: 19px;" | {{Image label small|x=0.06|y=0.18|scale=700|text=<span style="line-height:80%">[[Temple of Human Passions|<span style="color:black">THP</span>]]</span>}} |} Plans In September 2007, then-European Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Siim Kallas, together with then-Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region, Charles Picqué, unveiled plans for rebuilding the European district. They included "Europeanising" parts of the Cinquantenaire complex, and installing a major "socio-cultural facility" in the North Hall, enabled to hold "major congresses and, perhaps, European Summits, events, exhibitions", after moving the Aerospace Museum out to Tour & Taxis in the north-west of the city. The Cinquantenaire would under the plans become one of three European pedestrian squares, being the one for events and festivities. In popular culture The Cinquantenaire was used as a filming location for Lucile Hadžihalilović's film Innocence in 2004. The Cinquantenaire Arch was featured in the urban planning simulation video game SimCity in 2013. The music video for Stromae's song Fils de joie, part of his album Multitude'', was also filmed there in 2022. See also Brussels and the European Union Mundaneum (of Otlet; originated there after World War I) History of Brussels Culture of Belgium Belgium in "the long nineteenth century" References Footnotes Notes Bibliography External links Autoworld Brasserie — Autoworld Cinquantenaire buildings, history — Autoworld History of the Cinquantenaire park and the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History Pictures of the Cinquantenaire park Parks in Brussels 1880 establishments in Belgium World's fair sites in Belgium World's fairs in Brussels Leopold II of Belgium