Académie des Beaux-Arts, Kinshasa

Name: Académie des Beaux-Arts
Address: 8249, Avenue du 24 novembre, Gombe, Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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The Académie des Beaux-Arts is a school in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The school is devoted to teaching the arts, and was founded in 1943 as the École Saint-Luc à Gombe Matadi by Belgian catholic missionary Marc Wallenda. In 1949 the school moved to present-day Kinshasa and in 1957 it was renamed as the Académie des Beaux-Arts. During the education reforms of 1981 the school was integrated into the national technical university system. ()

Local name: Académie des beaux-arts de Kinshasa Coordinates: 4°19'14"S, 15°17'34"E

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8249, Avenue du 24 novembre, Gombe, Kinshasa, République Démocratique du CongoKinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Académie des Beaux-Arts – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: National Museum of the Democratic Republic of Congo, National Library of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Stade des Martyrs, Lukunga District.

1.1 miSE
Museum
National Museum of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa
29 min walk • The National Museum of the Democratic Republic of Congo or MNRDC is a museum for the cultural history of the numerous ethnic groups and historical epochs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the capital Kinshasa. It was officially handed over to the Congolese government by representatives of the Republic of Korea in June 2019.
1.3 miNW
Library
National Library of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa
34 min walk • National Library of the Democratic Republic of Congo is located in Kinshasa and was established in 1974 as an office within Ministry of Culture and Arts. In 1989, it became autonomous under presidential order.
1.4 miSE
Sport, Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue
Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
36 min walk • The Stade des Martyrs de la Pentecôte, also known as simply the Stade des Martyrs and formerly known as Stade Kamanyola, is a national stadium located in the town of Lingwala in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1.3 miNE
Neighbourhood
Lukunga District, Kinshasa
33 min walk • Lukunga is an area of the capital city of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, comprising seven of the city-province's twenty-four administrative divisions—the communes of Barumbu, Gombe, Kinshasa, Kintambo, Lingwala, Mont Ngafula and Ngaliema.

Académie des Beaux-Arts, Kinshasa

Facts and practical information

Académie des Beaux-Arts – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

National Museum of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa

National Library of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Lukunga District, Kinshasa