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Meersel-Dreef
(Hoogstraten) Antwerpen Dreef
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Kapucijner monnik met gespreide armenCapuchin monk with outstretched arm |
artist unknown
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Witgeverfd stenen beeld van Kapucijner monnik met gespreide armen. Dit beeld is niet genoemd op de plattegrond bij de ingang van het park.
White painted stone statue of a Capuchin monk with outstretched arms. This statue is not mentioned on the map at the entrance to the park.
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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