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Meersel-Dreef
(Hoogstraten) Antwerpen Dreef
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Sint Donatus van MünstereifelSaint Donatus of MünstereifelRome, c. 140 - before 180Romeins soldaat en martelaar. Volgens een legende behoorde hij tot het Legio fulminatrix (Bliksemlegioen). Roman soldier and martyr. According to a legend, he belonged to the Legio fulminatrix (Lightning Legion). (Wikipedia) |
artist unknown
1928 |
Stenen beeld van Sint Donatus als Romeins soldaat, staande op een door bliksem gespleten boom.
Stone statue of Saint Donatus as a Roman soldier, standing on a tree split by lightning.|
H. DONATUS bescherm ons |
Maria Park is a processional park on the site of the cloister forest of the local Capuchin monastery. Following a survived sea voyage on a mission trip to Punjab decided provincial superior Father Jan Baptist Rutten to establish a Maria grotto, which was built in 1895 in the convent park of Meersel. A lane ('dreef') was built leading to this grotto. Many pilgrims came to this place and it was constantly expanded with numerous chapels, stations of the cross, groups of statues and the like. Especially at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the park was continuously enlarged and embellished. Images were also added during the interwar period and after the Second World War.
Only the individual, free-standing images are included on this website.
Op de plattegrond bij de ingang staan 33 punten genoemd. De lijst volgt hier (nummers 30-33 betreffen het kloostercomplex), door ons gefotografeerde beelden zijn gelinkt:
On the map at the entrance 33 points are mentioned (numbers 30-33 concern the convent buildings), this list follows here, statues photographed by us are linked:
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