The monument has been on the site of the Orleans Tower since December 2022. This is a memorial monument on the site of the Orleans Tower, which commemorates the corona victims, but also other experiences of loss. It symbolizes the circle of life that was interrupted by the corona crisis. The circle is interrupted by a natural element, in Aarschot these are trees.
Landscape architect Bas Smets designed a series of monuments at seven locations in Flanders, including Aarschot. More than a memorial stone, an onument is a meeting place and memorial for all forms of loss. The beautiful rust-brown color refers to the local ironstone that was incorporated into the monument.
More information: onumenten.org

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October 21, 2024

The people of Onument left this Onument no. 4, the number of the work in Aarschot, the most special until then was due to the express wish of the designer and mayor to use iron sandstone, the typical soft rock in so many historical monuments (including the nearby Orleanstoren) in Aarschot and Hageland. It apparently turned out not to be easy to do that and to obtain the rare iron sandstone granulate (which also required a budget revision) as you can read on living-city.ebema.be/nl-BE/onument-nr-4-een-plaats-voor-bezinning-aarschot

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