Bergenkruis Chapel
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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.translated by
•March 30, 2021
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 128translated by•April 5, 2021
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