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Eisden
(Maasmechelen)
Limburg

Kastanjelaan
(Sint-Barbarakerk)

Sint Barbara

Saint Barbara

early Christian saint and martyr; patron saints of miners.
(Wikipedia)

Raf Mailleux
1982

Beschrijving / Description

Stenen beeld van Sint Barbara in een nis in de voorgevel van de Sint-Barbarakerk, gebouwd van 1934-36 naar ontwerp van de Brusselse architect Auguste Vanden Nieuwenborg.

Stone statue of Saint Barbara in a niche in the facade of Saint Barbara's Church, built from 1934-36 after a design by the Brussels architect Auguste Vanden Nieuwenborg.

Kunstenaar / Artist

Raf Mailleux (Ciney 1916 - Genk 1996), Belgian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Bronnen & informatie / Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Sint-Barbarakerk (Eisden).
Gids voor Vlaanderen, red. Omer Vandeputte, Filip Devos, p. 811 (Google books).

Trefwoorden / Tags

Town: Eisden
Provincie: Limburg
Country: Belgium
Barbara, St.
Mailleux, Raf

Locatie / Location (N 50°59'37" - E 5°41'8") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: beli027; Photograph: 16 August 2021
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