덴더리우‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪20‬개의 천연기념물

The artwork is not a classical figurative image, but an installation in the public space that links to the cultural history of the place itself, an ode to a historical fact. It is public art that is accessible, an arbor when the hop vines are in full bloom, art in dialogue with nature. The great master artist here is Nature. It is also an ‘eye-catcher’ on the Meldert village square.

beautiful views, easy country roads, extension possible in the Kravaal forest

A sunken road is a road that is so deeply worn that it lies between two slopes. It is the result of centuries of use and erosion. The most beautiful sunken roads can be found especially in hilly areas with a subsoil that easily forms steep walls, such as in Haspengouw and Hageland.

Beautiful, quiet forest. Some very muddy passages due to the persistent rain of the last months.

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The village square is a well-preserved triangular Frankish three-square. A three-square is a reclaimed piece of land with a lawn in the middle for the animals and houses and farms around it.

The Sandstone Monument was erected in memory of the sandstone extraction. It was unveiled on August 25, 1978. The sandstone monument is a vertical stone of 4 meters high, is 1 meter in the ground and weighs 8 tons. There are traces of fossils.

A first ‘living’ hop monument was erected at the request of the Heemkundige Kring De Faluintjes. It was unveiled on 2 September 2006 by Yves Leterme (then Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture) and in the presence of Mayor Annie de Maght and Mr. Abbot Benedictus Verschelden of the Affligem Abbey. In September 2018, a new ‘living’ hop monument was inaugurated; it was designed and built by artist Jean Bernard Koeman. The intention is that living hop vines will grow around this iron monument.