page_title: Berlaymont building
hierarchical_section_title: Berlaymont building
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Belgique - Bruxelles - Schuman - Berlaymont - Siège de la Commission européenne
context_page_description: The Berlaymont is an office building in Brussels, Belgium, which houses the headquarters of the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union. The structure is located at Schuman roundabout at 200, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, in what is known as the "European Quarter". The unique form of the Berlaymont's architecture is used in the European Commission's official emblem.
context_section_description: The Berlaymont ([bɛʁlɛmɔ̃]) is an office building in Brussels, Belgium, which houses the headquarters of the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union (EU). The structure is located at Schuman roundabout at 200, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, in what is known as the "European Quarter". The unique form of the Berlaymont's architecture is used in the European Commission's official emblem.
caption: The building seen from the Schuman roundabout
exif: {"Image Make": "Canon", "Image Model": "Canon EOS 750D", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "300", "Image YResolution": "300", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "GIMP 2.8.22", "Image DateTime": "2020:11:22 17:35:13", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image ExifOffset": "204", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "6308", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "6252", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/200", "EXIF FNumber": "10", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Shutter Priority", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "100", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2019:09:14 14:06:31", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2019:09:14 14:06:31", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "61/8", "EXIF ApertureValue": "53/8", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "18", "EXIF SubSecTime": "69", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "69", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "69", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "5180", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "2894", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "6248", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "6000000/893", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "2000000/297", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "2", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Manual", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard"}