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Katrien
March 30, 2021
Hiking
Mountain Cross pilgrimage site.
In connection with the origin of the cross and the resulting pilgrimage site, it is today suggested that it may have originally been a pagan place of worship in this wooded area east of Ghent, which was honored during the Christianization period by placing a cross.
In connection with the origin of the cross and the resulting pilgrimage site, it is today suggested that it may have originally been a pagan place of worship in this wooded area east of Ghent, which was honored during the Christianization period by placing a cross.
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Els
April 5, 2021
Hiking
This place of pilgrimage would originally have been a pagan place of worship, which was honored during the Christianization period by placing a cross. Nearby are the castles of Notax (already mentioned in 1313) - also popularly called the 'haunted castle' and Succa (15th century)
Source: Hiking Guide - Flanders Route GR 128
Source: Hiking Guide - Flanders Route GR 128
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