Portal:Belgium/Did you know/9

• ...that the bombardment of Brussels by French troops (ruins pictured) in 1695 was later described by Napoleon Bonaparte as being "as barbarous as it was useless?"
• ...that until the French Revolution, the Belgian village of Moorsel was divided into two distinct sections?
• ...that the installation of an artificial Christmas tree in Brussels prompted an online petition against it with 25,000 signatures?

Source

1. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/May#1 May 2008, archive of Main Page appearance.
2. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/January#5 January 2008, archive of Main Page appearance.
3. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/December#26 December 2012, archive of Main Page appearance.