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Avenue de la Salm / Rue de la Chapelle
(Congo-monument)

Alphonse Jacques de Dixmude

Alphonse Jacques, since 1919 Baron de Dixmude
Stavelot 1858 - Ixelles 1928
Belgian general and explorer of Congo
(Wikipedia)

Eugène J. De Bremaecker
1956?

Description

Plaque with relief portrait.

Inscription(s)

8 - V - 1897

A LA GLORIEUSE MEMOIRE
de
JACQUES de DISMUDE, L'AFRICAIN
heros de la lutte antiesclavagiste et
fondateur de cites congolaises
— AINSI QU'AUX NOMBREUX
ENFANTS DE LA REGIO DE SALM
PIONNIERS ET ARTISANS
DE L'OEUVRE CIVILISATRICE
AU CONGO

Signature

E. De Bremaecker sc 1956?

The plaque is part of the Congo-monument

Sculptor

Eugène J. de Bremaecker (Bruxelles 1879-Ixelles 1963), Belgian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 50°16'51" - E 5°54'45") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: belu002; Photograph: 18 June 2011
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