“If God gives me a long life and allows me to carry out my task, then Brussels will become a city of exceptional category.”

— Leopold II of Belgium

Leopold II, Het hele Verhaal, Johan Op De Beeck Horizon, 2020 https://klara.be/leopold-ii-aflevering-2-0 ISBN 9789463962094

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King of the Belgians 1835–1909

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