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Park Cerckel은 800년 이상 된 곳으로 상당한 위용을 자랑합니다. 자연과 오래된 나무들을 즐기기에 아주 좋은 곳입니다. Park Cerckel의 이야기는 1228년에 시작됩니다. 당시 Diest의 가장 오래된 수도원 공동체 중 하나인 Minderbroeders(프란치스코회) 수도회가 Demer 강둑에 자리 잡았습니다. 그들은 그곳에 아름다운 수도원을 지었습니다. 하지만 1580년, Diest 시의 상당 부분이 Willem van Oranje의 군대에 의해 파괴되었고, Minderbroeders 수도원도 마찬가지였습니다. 군대는 또한 Anna van Lotharingen(René van Chalon의 아내)의 묘를 약탈했습니다. 그녀는 나중에 Sint-Sulpitius 교회에 다시 묻혔습니다. 1583년에 그들은 Diest로 돌아와 재건을 시작했습니다. 하지만 수 세기 후 프랑스인들이 통치권을 장악했을 때 수도원은 공개적으로 판매되었고, 이는 Diest의 Minderbroeders의 종말을 의미했습니다. 회복실과 아치형 문만 보존되었습니다. 19세기에 Diest의 맥주 산업이 크게 성장하면서 수도원 부지의 절반은 Cerckel 맥주 가족에게 인수되었습니다. 그들은 그곳을 아름다운 유원지로 만들었습니다. 한때 텃밭이었던 곳에는 연못과 다리가 생겼습니다. 이전 수도원 회복실은 정원 파빌리온으로 개조되었고, 그 연장선상에는 온실이 있었습니다. Cerckel 맥주 회사가 사라지자 아름다운 정원도 황폐해졌습니다. 수년 동안 공원은 아무도 실제로 혜택을 보지 못하는 통과할 수 없는 정글이었습니다. 1990년에 공원은 Diest 시에 의해 인수되었습니다. 하지만 Diest 사람들이 마침내 이 아름다운 공원을 즐길 수 있게 되기까지는 오랜 시간이 걸렸습니다. 공원이 대중에게 다시 개방된 것은 2011년 4월이 되어서였습니다. 물론 철저한 보수 공사 후였습니다. 출처: https://www.staddiest.be/park-cerckel.html

Eikelberg 기슭의 루르드 동굴.

The Lourdes Grotto was built by the late Jef Van Dessel, a former Aarschot police officer. He cycled from Aarschot to Lourdes several times. From the book "The Little Houses of Aarschot": This collection of grottoes and chapels is located on the property adjacent to Grotstraat and Kleine Grotstraat... This busy pilgrimage site, which dates back to 1954, can be entered through an iron gate... The plot is demarcated with gray-painted concrete slabs and a wire fence at the rear. Within this fence, trees and shrubs are scattered throughout. Pilgrims can use the numerous seating areas arranged in a theater-like fashion. At the front right of the property is the grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes. A Calvary, also arranged in the form of a grotto, stands centrally on the property. To the left of the Calvary is the chapel of the Brustem Sisters, and to the right is the semi-open chapel of St. Rita. This and more can be found at https://lourdesgrotten.com/2008/11/20/aarschot-grotstraat-20-11-8/

Park Cerckel, in the Michel Theysstraat, breathes almost 800 years of history. In 1228, the order of the Friars Minor, one of the oldest monastic communities in Diest, established itself on the banks of the Demer. A large part of Diest was destroyed in 1580 by the troops of William of Orange, including the Friars Minor monastery. Soldiers robbed the tomb of Anna van Lotharingen (wife of René van Chalon). She was later reburied by the city council in the Sint-Sulpitius church. After 3 years of exile, the Friars Minor returned and started rebuilding. At the end of the 18th century, the monastery was sold publicly by the French, which meant the end for the Friars Minor in Diest. Only the infirmary and the round-arched gate were preserved. During the 19th century, the beer industry in Diest experienced strong growth. Brewery family Pieck - later Cerckel - bought about half of the monastery domain and transformed it into a beautiful pleasure garden. The vegetable gardens became a pond with a beautiful wrought iron bridge, the former monastery infirmary was converted into a garden pavilion with an orangery in its extension. When Brewery Cerckel disappeared, the beautiful city garden also fell into disrepair. In 1990, the city of Diest bought the park. With the renovation of the pond, bridge, cave and round arch gate, the park has welcomed the public again since April 2011. The infirmary and orangery are also being restored to their former glory. Source: https://www.diest.be/vrije-tijd/sport/wandelen/park-cerckel

On the Oude Velmseweg (opposite house no. 26 and to the right of house no. 21) there is a Lourdes chapel, with a Lourdes grotto inside. Source: https://lourdesgrotten.com/2009/08/10/landen-attenhoven-oude-velmseweg-10-8-9/

The park needs a bit of maintenance after the long works in the area, including the adjacent hospital. But that is coming. Some things have already been restored. And something beautiful is coming: they are busy renovating the old infirmary, conservatory and orangery. That will be beautiful.

The Heldensquare is more of a memorial than a monument. As a monument, it commemorates the victims of Belgian independence, the First World War and the Second World War. The place where the Heldensquare is located used to be a pond, a fact that was included in the concept. The square is sunken and surrounded by benches, planters, trees, a broken stone wall and various works of art. The monument itself consists of a sculptural ensemble in bronze and bluestone with a brick wall next to it with the names of the fallen and the text "VOOR UW VRIJHEID ZIJN MENSEN GESDIVEN". Around the bronze dome with the statues you will find the names of four places from which soil was brought to Tienen in urns: Dachau, Zwickau, Stalag IA and Breendonk. The whole was created by local architect Jacques Piron and sculptor Georges Van de Voorde. Inventory of Immovable Heritage: War Memorial Heldensquare, https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/214961

You enter and exit the cave via rather large stairs and see all kinds of thank-you notes from believers who once came here. At the entrance of the cave (on the right) there is also a frame with some explanation about Our Lady of the Pool. According to that sign, the remains of a pious man named Thierry were found around 1050. He came from Campen and was a lecturer at the University of Paris. He had also made a promise of eternal chastity to the Virgin Mary. A chapel was built at the site of the murder with the permission of Jan I, Duke of Brabant. And he was baptized, you guessed it, Our Lady of the Pool. Hundreds of pilgrims would come to Tienen and the chapel every year to venerate the Virgin Mary, who was soon regarded as the Queen of the city and its surroundings. And you can read and experience the rest here, in the immediate vicinity of the church and – literally – in the depths when you go down the stairs.