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Vlaams-Brabant

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Gerard Mercator

Rupelmonde 1512 - Duisburg 1594
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Raoul Biront
2001

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Description

Bronze statue.

Inscription(s)

MERCATOR 1512 - 1594
Cartograaf
Woonde in de Mechelsestraat
Beroemd om zijn Atlas, aard- en hemelglobe

Signature

Raoul Biront 2000

Information Sign

Aan de Leuvense bevolking
55j. Handelaarsverbond
18 Aug. 2001
architect-beeldhouwer Raoul Biront

Sculptor

Sources & Information

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Locatie (N 50°52'56" - E 4°41'50") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: bevb003; Photograph: 31 October 2009
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