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ZITTENDE VROUW

ZITTENDE VROUW
ZITTENDE VROUW (GEORGE GRARD) The walk starts on the Market Square, right in front of the Tourist Office, which is housed in the historic building ‘De Cipierage’, a Renaissance building dating from 1662, and used to be the jail of Sint-Niklaas. Throughout the years, it was restored several times and was used as police station,…
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LA TORDUE

LA TORDUE
LA TORDUE (GEORGE GRARD) A second statue facing the Tourist Office, close to  first one, is also by Georges Grard. Larger and more fragile in her nakedness, ‘La Tordue’ draws all attention to herself.   ‘La Tordue’ refers to one of his earlier works ‘The Sea’ or ‘Lying Nude’ in Ostend. This last statue (1952-1955)…
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GERARD GAUDAEN

GERARD GAUDAEN
GERARD GAUDAEN (WINKE BESARD) To the right of the statue of the fox ‘Reynaert’ there is a section of the park where greenery appears to grow unimpeded. It is in fact a special project. Old trees were felled and were replaced by a large variety of bushes and smaller trees, attracting birds and insects; a…
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UILENSPIEGEL

UILENSPIEGEL
UILENSPIEGEL (MARK MACKEN) We leave the area of the Grote Markt and turn right onto the Parklaan, a wide street built in 1951 right through the Walburg Castle estate. At the left-hand side of the street the remaining part of the former gardens of the castle are now the city park and act as a…
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