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Unearthing Paris’ Mythical Second River

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Unearthing Paris’ Mythical Second River

Only knee-deep in parts yet relatively wide, the Bièvre gently flows with transparent waters that shimmer in the afternoon sun. A shoal of fish lazily linger beside a large stone in one section. Further along, birds and butterflies weave between the long grasses lining the banks. From here, the waterway continues 10 kilometers north all the way to the Seine, Paris’ iconic river. But for over a century, the Bièvre, the city’s mythical second river, was not visible. The river “has value in its bea

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