A couple of Roman buildings

Belgian canals

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September 19th 2017
19 September 2017 The archeological site, called ‘Archeosite’, contains a large collection of recreated ancient buildings and we started the day having an interesting couple of hours wandering around looking at them. In the 1830s canals were built in this area of Belgium to carry coal to Brussels. They are still used and in 2002 to speed up the journey, the canal was diverted and one ... read more

Europe » Belgium

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Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions bet... ... read more