Saint Géry Bruxelles
Historic market square on the legendary birthplace island of the city, ringed by an iron-and-glass former covered market.
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This guide to Saint Géry in Brussels starts in an iron-and-glass market hall, beside a blue stone fountain that was carved for somewhere else entirely. It goes back to when this spot was an island in the river Senne, to a legend of a dragon in the marsh and a churchman named Gaugericus, and to a duke who built a fort here in 977. Best heard standing beside the fountain in the middle of the hall.
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