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1. www.bbc.com › news › world-europe-53985562Heart of Belgian city mayor found entombed in fountain - BBC

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   Sep 1, 2020 · Mayor Pierre David died in a fall aged 68, while working in his hayloft in 1839. The city authorities launched a collection fund for a monument to honour him, and with his family's consent ...

2. www.smithsonianmag.com › smart-news › heart-belgianRenovations Reveal 19th-Century Mayor's Heart Entombed in ...

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   The rusted metal casket that holds the preserved heart of Pierre David (1771-1839), former mayor of Verviers City of Verviers. For more than a century, residents of Verviers, Belgium, have ...

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   Sep 1, 2020 · The organ, sealed in a jar of alcohol inside a small zinc casket, was found during renovation of the fountain. The casket is now on show in the city's Museum of Fine Arts. Mayor Pierre David...

4. www.cnn.com › 2020/09/02 › europeA Belgian town believed their first mayor’s heart was hidden ...

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   Sep 2, 2020 · The heart of Pierre David, the first mayor of Verviers, was discovered locked in a small casket within the fountain in August, city officials have said. David ran Verviers from 1798 until his...

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   Oct 27, 2020 · For many years, residents of Verviers in southeast Belgium heard what they believed to be an urban legend: that the heart of the city's beloved 19-century mayor, Pierre David, was entombed in a...

6. allthatsinteresting.com › pierre-davidBelgian Workers Discover Heart Of Town's First Mayor Hidden ...

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   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.

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   How did Pierre David die?

   • Mayor Pierre David died in a fall aged 68, while working in his hayloft in 1839. The city authorities launched a collection fund for a monument to honour him, and with his family's consent surgeons removed his heart, so that it could be entombed in the monument.

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   Was Pierre David's heart removed after he died?

   • 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. The remarkable discovery was made during renovations on the David fountain.

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   When did Pierre David become mayor of Belgium?

   • He first served as Verviers mayor in 1800-1808, when today's Belgium was ruled from France. Later, Belgium's independence resulted from a revolution against Dutch rule in 1830, and in that year Pierre David was elected to serve as mayor again.

   Heart of Belgian city mayor found entombed in fountain

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   Where is Pierre David's casket now?

   • The casket is now on show in the city's Museum of Fine Arts. 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. "The heart of Pierre David was solemnly placed in the monument on 25 June 1883", it reads.

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8. www.npr.org › 2020/09/04 › 909548960Heart Of Belgian City's First Mayor Found Entombed In ... - NPR

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   Sep 4, 2020 · Mayor Pierre David of the Belgian city Verviers was the city's first mayor, and served until his death in 1839.