“In proportion to the number of inhabitants, we have the most Michelin-starred restaurants in the world.”
"Finding common ground is more important than convincing.”
Belgium justified its control over Congo by claiming that the African people benefitted from its intervention, and grand architecture was a key tool of this propaganda effort.
“It is the aesthetics, rationality, ergonomics and mastery of new materials.”
"Their DNA is clearly anchored in this culture of pictures of Hergé or Magritte. If I were born in Lisbon or Paris, the drawings would not have been Le Chat, or have had the same philosophy and sense of absurdity, but also with this decent, caring side.”
Mons is only Belgium’s 16th biggest station in terms of traveller numbers. It did not need such a gargantuan project so different to the original plan.
The infrastructure network is still spotty: given the many black spots that persist in the city, including Place Meiser, Schuman, Place Liedts, Louise and Sainctelette.
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