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Mathias
August 17, 2024
Hiking
The chapel was built in the 18th century above a spring and is located at the foot of the O.L.V.-Terhemelopneming church of Vertrijk, in the Snoekengracht nature reserve. The 14/15th century (?) statue of Saint Lucia, worshipped during the plague, is now located in the church.
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JP
December 29, 2025
Hiking
A Saint Lucy spring—"a beempt, called the slaughter mill near Saint Lucyenborne"—is first mentioned in a property register from 1514. Around 1500, Jan van der Ee had built a spring …
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