Geuzentårn

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På en af de højeste toppe i Musikskoven, gemt mellem træerne, står et middelalderligt udseende rundt stenslot, Geuzentårnet, bygget i jernsandsten.

Det blev bygget af M. Scribe i 1864. Den daværende ejer af skoven lod sig måske begejstre af tidens mode for ofte at opføre bizarre eller romantiske bygninger kaldet "Follies", et modefænomen der kom fra England. Denne bygning havde dog bestemt en funktion. Den blev ofte bestiget af ejeren for at nyde det omkringliggende landskab. Tiltrukket af Cécile Ameye fra Nitterveld kom her omkring århundredeskiftet ofte kunstnere for at nyde naturen. Valerius De Saedeleer og Herman Teirlinck fandt deres inspirationskilder her. Også Omer Wattez kom her for at gå med sin antwerpenske litterære ven Pol De Mont. Det var på en af deres ture, at de besteg tårnet. Diger Pol de Mont kiggede fra tårnet ud over omgivelserne og råbte "Men her er de "Flamske Ardenner", og derved fik området sit navn... I få skridt fra tårnet kan du opdage en gallo-romersk gravhøj (tumulus).
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Source: Toerisme Ronse

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Address: Bosrede 9, 9600 Ronse, Vlaanderen, Belgium

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