It was the heyday of the Vierendeel bridge, which had been invented in 1895 but which had found only limited applications before 1930, with less than 40 built in Belgium and Congo in 30 years. But this rapid application of welding to structural steelwork encountered many problems that were ...
the Congo; several of their members have suffered martyrdom in these countries. The Belgian Jesuits have for their mission-field Calcutta and Western Bengal. Their missionaries are trained in the Apostolic school established at Turnhout. The American seminary at Louvain (1857) aids in recruiting the...
In ancient time the area of Belgium was a Roman province around 100 BC. Before the Roman invasion, the area was inhabited by local tribes. During the medieval period, the area saw many major wars of the European theater. After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, the French Empire was dissolve...
The congregation of secular priests of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, founded at Scheutveld near Brussels in 1862, labour for the evangelization of Mongolia and the Congo; several of their members have suffered martyrdom in these countries. The Belgian Jesuits have for their mission-field Calcutta...
notably theDemocratic Republic of the Congo, continued to arrive in subsequent decades. Significant numbers of immigrants from outside western Europe and their descendants now inhabit central Brussels, notably in the communes ofMolenbeek-Saint-Jean(Flemish: Sint-Jans-Molenbeek), Saint-Gilles (Sint-Gi...