Tanneries and other businesses set up shop by the Bièvre after they were banned form the SeineParis’s forgotten river had become so smelly, filthy and polluted that when it was buried beneath ground in 1912, officials were relieved. Now a plan is afoot to resurrect the River Bièvre to increase biodiversity and reduce summer temperatures. SponsoredThis week engineers said they were on course to open a 600m stretch of the river on the edge of the city next year. The next stage, enthusiasts hope, will be to unearth the Bièvre, a tributary of the Seine, in Paris itself, enabling people to admire a river that played a big role in the city’s history. For at least five millennia, the 22-mile river flowed from Guyancourt, southwest of Paris, to the capital, and joined the Seine beside what is now Austerlitz station.

Source: The Times August 01, 2021 22:52 UTC