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Covering of the Seine and tunnels

...that the covering of the Senne River (construction pictured) created the major boulevards of Brussels?
...that the Belgian Government in London during World War II was described as a "rump"?
...that of the vast Silva Carbonaria, "the charcoal forest" that stretched from south of Brussels to the Rhine in Merovingian days, 44.21 km² still remains in the Forêt de Soignes/Zoniënwoud?

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Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/November#14 November 2007, archive of Main Page appearance.
Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/July#19 July 2013, archive of Main Page appearance.
Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/January#11 January 2008, archive of Main Page appearance.

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