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VERBONDENHEID

VERBONDENHEID
VERBONDENHEID (WERNER HEYNDRICKX) We return to the crossraods at the park, cross the street and walk into the Moerlandstraat, in the direction of the AZ Nikolaas hospital. In the lawn, next to the footpath in front of the hospital buildings, we can admire a work of Werner Heyndrickx, a sculptor from Sint-Niklaas. It expresses hope…
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TUSSEN VERTWIJFELING EN HOOP

TUSSEN VERTWIJFELING EN HOOP
BETWEEN DESPAIR AND HOPE (WINKE BESARD) The main urban cemetery at Heimolen will be equipped with an imposing, bronze work of art. Between Hope and Despair represents a seated woman bent forward looking at the ground, without showing her face. The sculpture of the young Winke Besard (28) is currently made in polyester and will…
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IKAROS

IKAROS
IKAROS (PAUL VAN GYSEGEM) We continue the walk in the Castrodreef and see to our right the historic ‘Exaerdekenhof’, also called ‘Castrohof’, built in 1626 by Jan van Exaerde. The name ‘Castrohof’ stems from the highly regarded noble family Don Francisco Cristobal de Castro y Toledo de Hertoghe, owners of this property. The Castrohof was…
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PASTOOR GORDIJN

PASTOOR GORDIJN
PASTOOR GORDIJN (AUGUST NOBELS) Large school buildings, a parish hall and a home for the elderly flank the wide Hofstraat. There, close to the statue of Our Lady Mary, in all its simplicity, is the portrait of Pastor Gordijn (1862-1939).   Gordijn was pastor of the parish Onze-Lieve-Vrouw. He succeeded the socially committed pastor De…
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