Author 'Ninik' (Id 247574 ) : Unable to cope with the costs of maintenance of the buildings, which had been, moreover, victims of fires in 1927 and 1959, the city sold the palace to the State in 1964. The buildings were allocated to the ministry of foreign Affairs, which ordered the Ambassador Luc Smolderen of its restoration, and now hosts major events diplomatic as the role of Brussels within Europe and NATO multiplies in the capital. All the heads of State of the planet, or almost, have been welcomed, even colonel Gaddafi.