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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bdigger, post: 10251520, member: 157&quot;]here is a little about what the cards are advertising. No help. But interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Spontin is a village on the Bocq River is situated between <a href="https://www.eupedia.com/belgium/dinant.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.eupedia.com/belgium/dinant.shtml" rel="nofollow">Dinant</a> and <a href="https://www.eupedia.com/belgium/crupet.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.eupedia.com/belgium/crupet.shtml" rel="nofollow">Crupet</a>. It is reputed for its castle and for its <a href="https://www.eupedia.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump.cgi?ID=234376" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.eupedia.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump.cgi?ID=234376" rel="nofollow">mineral water, lemonades and syrups</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the 19th century, Spontin&#039;s water was so renowned that in 1895 the Belgian government built an 80 km aqueduct (actually more of a pipeline) from the Bocq in Spontin to Brussels to provide drinking water for the city&#039;s booming population. The pipeline ran under the Sonian forest, all the way to the municipalities of Ixelles, Saint-Gilles, Saint-Josse and Schaerbeek. A statue of the &#039;Bocq goddess&#039; by Jeff Lambeaux, standing in front of Saint-Gilles&#039; town hall, commemorates this facet of Brussels&#039; history. There is also a <i>Rue du Bocq</i> in Auderghem.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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