Friday, October 31, 2008

Antwerp diamonds history



WHEN Napoleon Bonaparte visited Antwerp in 1803, he did not mince his words with his opinion of the city as “the most backward provincial nest I have ever seen”. The story goes that he slept on this thought overnight, and the next day – with the invasion of England at the back of his mind – ordered docks to be built. To him the Scheldt, on the banks of which the city stands, looked like a gun barrel aiming at his biggest enemy. London....
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