"During late antiquity, the region was home to Roman occupation, as attested by archaeological evidence discovered on the site of Tour & Taxis. Following the decline of the Western Roman Empire, it was incorporated into the Frankish Empire.

The origin of the settlement which was to become Brussels lies in Saint Gaugericus' construction of a chapel on an island in the river Senne around 580. The official founding of Brussels is usually situated around 979, when Duke Charles of Lower Lotharingia transferred the relics of Saint Gudula from Moorsel (located in today's province of East Flanders) to Saint Gaugericus' chapel."

Поскольку единственной официальной наследницей империи Карла Великого является Андорра (sols resto l'única filla, de l'imperi Carlemany), именно им и решать, кому ставить памятники в Бруокселле, а не всяким диким германским племенам и понаехавшим французам.