Brussels, Quai aux Briques |
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Belgium |
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Brussels |
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The Quai aux Briques, near the Ste Catherine cathedral. Brussels appears at the end of the 10th century, when Charles, duke of Low-Lotharingia, settle there and built in the island St Gery, formed by the arms of a small river, the Senne. The site is marshy, it is named Bruocsella, Frankish word meaning establishment in the marshes. |
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![]() Brussels, Quai aux Briques |
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