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Europe, the cradle of urban civilization, boasts over 200 medium-sized cities. Charleroi, because it was a pivotal site of the Anthropocene, which transformed its landscape, urban form, and population, is a unique city. The renovation project it has been undertaking for the past twelve years, one of the largest in Europe, is exemplary in this regard.
From a 17th-century military fortress to a 19th-century industrial city, Charleroi was built under the combined influence of constraint and capital, before

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Europe, the cradle of urban civilization, boasts over 200 medium-sized cities. Charleroi, because it was a pivotal site of the Anthropocene, which transformed its landscape, urban form, and population, is a unique city. The renovation project it has been undertaking for the past twelve years, one of the largest in Europe, is exemplary in this regard.
From a 17th-century military fortress to a 19th-century industrial city, Charleroi was built under the combined influence of constraint and capital, before

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