Corinthia Grand Hotel Astoria Brussels, Protected heritage hotel in Freedom Quarter, Belgium
The Corinthia Grand Hotel Astoria is a palace hotel in central Brussels, housed in a building designed in Belgian Beaux-Arts style with a Louis XVI facade. It is a protected heritage site that has been under renovation and is in the process of reopening.
The hotel was built in 1909 at the initiative of King Leopold II, in time for the 1910 Brussels International Exposition. Over the following century it welcomed heads of state and diplomats before closing for renovation in 2016.
The name "Astoria" was borrowed from the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, which itself took the name from the Astor family. That American reference gave the Brussels hotel a cosmopolitan identity from the start, something that still shapes the way it presents itself today.
The hotel sits in central Brussels and is easy to reach on foot from the main train stations and city landmarks. Since the reopening is happening in phases, it is worth checking in advance which parts of the building are open before you visit.
The hotel's entrance hall is covered by a glass roof that dates back to the original 1909 construction and was kept during the renovation. The stained glass windows from the same period are still in place, making them some of the few original elements that survived more than a century of use and a full rebuilding.
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