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Wayside cross or Calvary cross

Wayside cross or Calvary cross

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Wayside cross or Calvary cross

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Location: Sint-Lievens-Houtem, Aalst, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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Dominiek Van Dooren

November 13, 2022

Pleasant resting point during the walk with a beautiful panorama.

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JakobusPilger

October 13, 2021

“Each of these crosses can tell its own story and what motivated people to build “their” cross on this spot. (...) These crosses were erected as visible signs and attract the attention of many people. The cross is a symbol of life. It stands as a sign of our Christian hope and wants to direct our gaze to Jesus Christ, who conquered death (…). The cross is part of our lives, just as it was part of the life of Jesus.
So I hope that many people ... visit the crosses, whether as places of silence and taking a breath before God, whether as places of community gathering, prayer and praise of God.
(Text source: Dean Rainald M. Ollig
in: “Crosses... Small sacred monuments as signs of popular piety”)

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Willem VS

April 4, 2021

Field cross with traditional arrangement at a three-way intersection of old field roads: see Poppkaart Oude Heer Baan, today between Oudeheerweg (Sint-Lievens-Houtem) and Nieuwpoortmolen (Zottegem)). A cross is already indicated at this location on a topographical map of 1870.

Wooden cross against a triangular plate with a roof, bearer of a wooden cross with a ditto Christ statue under a band with the inscription INRI. Witness the continuous very old suspension of the Holy Cross. The cross is set up in a bed marked by beams, preceded by a kneeling bench and marks the intersection of field roads.
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Elevation 70 m

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Location: Sint-Lievens-Houtem, Aalst, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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Wayside cross or Calvary cross

1. Saint Livinus Chapel – Cotthem Milestone loop from Sint-Lievens-Houtem

2. Cotthem Milestone – Cotthembos loop from Hillegem

3. Cotthem Milestone – Cotthembos loop from Sint-Lievens-Houtem

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