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Kruiskensberg Pilgrimage Site
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Kruiskensberg Pilgrimage Site
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Dominiek Van Dooren
February 22, 2023
Hiking
In the 19th century, these wells were built in stone, a chapel was built and Jonkheer Florent le Grelle, the lord of the Rameyenhof, donated a large iron cross. The big pilgrimage day is Good Friday when believers still come to do the Way of the Cross.
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•Dominiek Van Dooren
February 22, 2023
Hiking
In 1895, Mrs. Berchmans – Van den Brande from Lier donated a Way of the Cross. The fourteen stations were placed in pairs in seven brick chapels around the chapel.
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•Viviane
April 20, 2022
Hiking
The pilgrimage site is said to have originated when a shepherd drank from the water of a spring on this hill around 1260 and was thus cured of a fever. …
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Elevation 20 m
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