Ostend – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Thu, 08 Oct 2020 14:59:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Leopold l https://equestrianstatue.org/leopold-l-2/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1619 The post Leopold l appeared first on Equestrian statues.

]]> Leopold ll https://equestrianstatue.org/leopold-ll-2/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1621 The two groups represent the ‘grateful Congolese people’ because Leopold II had ‘liberated them from the slavery by the Arabs’ and the other group representing ‘the hommage by the Ostend fishermen to its brilliant protector’. Given the reputation of Leopold II, the statue is quite controversial. In 2004 one of the hands of a Congolese … Continue reading "Leopold ll"

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