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Sep 2, 2020 · Pierre David was Verviers's first-ever mayor after Belgium became independent in 1830. The century-old urban legend that his heart was buried in a fountain was last month revealed to be real.
Sep 3, 2020 · The small Belgian town of Verviers has a longstanding, if a bit macabre, urban legend. The story says that not only was the heart of Verviers’ first mayor Pierre David removed after he died — but it was hidden in a local fountain. According to the BBC, that tall tale has now been proven true.
Sep 1, 2020 · 1 September 2020. verviers.be. This small zinc casket containing ex-mayor Pierre David's heart was in the fountain. An ornate fountain in Verviers, eastern Belgium, has given up an object...
Sep 1, 2020 · Mayor Pierre David died in 1839, but the fountain named after him was only inaugurated in 1883. An engraving on the casket says it was placed in the monument at the time.
Sep 4, 2020 · David was in charge of that city from Belgium's founding until his death in 1839. His heart was supposedly kept by city officials upon his demise and, years later, buried beneath a fountain.
Feb 19, 2021 · Popular 19th-century leader Pierre David died during a farming accident nearly 200 years ago. When Belgian builders unearthed a small metal box in the town of Verviers last summer, locals...
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Pierre David (9 January 1771 – 30 June 1839) was a Belgian civic official who was mayor of Verviers under French rule from 1800 to 1808; and after Belgian independence, from 1830 until his death. David's family were cloth-makers and he ran a weaving factory.
