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Geschiedschrijver Sanderus noemde Ninove een beetje spottend "de oudste, de stoutste en de wijste der steden". In zijn " Flandria Illustrata " uit 1644 klinkt dat als: " Ninive quattor habet portas. Hae portae, quamvis possint, vix umquam clauduntur: unde vulgari loco Ninove dicitur antiquissima, audaccissima, sapientissima ". De oudste, omdat haar naam slechts één letter verschilt met "Ninive", indertijd de hoofdstad van Assyrië uit het oude testament. De stoutste, vermits ze, volgens de legende, de vijand met open poorten durfde opwachten ... De wijste, omdat haar verenigingen geen nar hadden. Indien nodig, leverde een naburige stad de nar ...

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Ninove, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

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