Den Spauwer

In 1477 Karel de Stoute (Charles the bold) died near Nancy. He had a daughter , Maria Van Bourgondië. Because of her inheritance she married Maximiliaan van Oostenrijk. In that time it was a local custom to treat the plebs with wine. Not in a glass , for that special occasion the 'fountain of the three virgins' was squirting wine. But a sailor drunk right at the nipples of one of the virgins. The audience was shocked. Afterwards he died at the corner of the 'kolenmarkt' and the 'steenstraat'. His parents raised up a fountain at the place where he died as a deed of atonement. In 1695 a bombardment took place...the fountain and the house 'den Boterpot' (the butter pot) disappeared. The ground got sold , the new owner promised that he would repair the fountain. And he did , sort of. The fountain became a giant lions head. In 1786 , Claude Fisco , replaced it by the bust of a Triton. The name 'Den spauwer' was given because there isn't a lot of water falling down. 'Spauwen' in dialect dutch means - vomiting.

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