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Towers at Tour et Taxis
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The site owes its name to the ‘von Thurn und Tassis’ family, who founded the European postal service. The von Thurn und Tassis family owned the marshy area which bordered the Port of Brussels. It used this land as grazing land for its famous ‘Horse Post’ horses. As the centuries moved on, the name of the family and of the associated site took on the French form of Tour et Taxis. In history, Tour et Taxis has played an important role, e.g. when the Brussels port was created. The Tour et Taxis site immediately became the first site in history to bring together complementary activities: customs collection, merchandise warehousing, and its transport by rail, water and road.
Brussels (B)
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