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Brabo Fontein

Category: Sightseeing + Tours

Grote Market, Antwerp, 2000

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Brabo Fountain (fountain, Antwerp, Belgium) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
...called Salvius Brabo, a cousin of Julius Caesar. The two severed hands included in the coat of arms of Antwerp have been connected with this legend, as has the etymology of the city's name. The Brabo Fountain (1887), in front of the Hôtel de Ville, is surmounted by a statue of Brabo brandis...
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Detail, Brabo Fountain, Antwerp, Belgium, 2005 photo - Phil Douglis photos at pbase.com
) was about echoes of rejection and loss to me, while yours spoke of the mechanization of sexuality. While their meanings differ from what I intended to say here, each of those images used symbols of allure, lipstick in Ruth's case and lips in yours, to express the very opposite -- repulsion. I want...
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TrekEarth | Brabo Fountain, Antwerp Photo
in ancient times. Whenever sailors on the Scheldt river refused to pay toll to the giant, he punished them by cutting off their hand. A Roman soldier, Silvius Brabo, managed to kill the giant. Brabo cut off the hand of the giant and threw t...
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