http://www.eurohistory.com/thurn.html If I'm not mistaken, Taxis is a deformation of the italian name, Tasso. In french it became Tassis and then Taxis. Their old (and huge) warehouse in Brussels is now a exhibition / conference / concert centre (30 hectares). http://www.tourtaxis.be/index2.html François Monti (please bear with my english)