BERGEN OP ZOOM IN PICTURES
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
SMAKKESTRAAT
Smakke has to do with the Dutch verb 'smakken' which has many meanings, especially to throw, to strike, to toss. It may refer to handling goods, after all this little street is situated in the former port, and to dice, or playing a similar game.
More photos will follow
Smakkestraat seen from Noordzijde Zoom.
Friday, May 11, 2018
MARY - The holy virgin
64 locations, in alphabetical order.
Unless otherwise noted, all photos: © Albert Hagenaars.
Although Bergen op Zoom has not always been a predominantly Roman-Catholic town, one can still see many statuettes, figurines, plaques and plaquettes representing Mary, some of them having survived sieges and iconoclastic furies.
This page will bring together as many of the remaining images as possible. Some have historic value, a few are also artistically interesting and most of them are the result of serial production, as especially can be seen on houses of the Twenties and Thirties of the 20th century. All were given their place however with the firm belief that Mary would protect the residents, keep them from evil, or could provide prosperity.
Bergen op Zoom is also home to one of the few processions in The Netherlands dedicated to Mary, a result of a promise, done during World War II. If the town remained unharmed, its citizens would organize a yearly parade in honor of her. Although two 'Vergeltungswaffen' came down in the centre, killing dozens of people and causing of lot of material damage, this promise was kept, up to this day.
Bolwerk Zuid 14
Boutershemstraat 22
Bredasestraat 44
Buitenvest 20
Burgemeester Mathonstraat 10
Burgemeester de Roocklaan 35
Burgemeester Stulemeijerlaan 8
Glymesstraat 22
Glymesstraat 36
Grote Markt 5. Photo: Rijksdienst voor de Monumentenzorg, 1965.
This statuette couldn't be saved during the restauration (in 1965) of the house it decorated. It was replaced by a new work (see photo below).
Grote Markt 5, the new version
Grote Markt 10, Sint-Gertrudiskerk
Grote Markt 10, Sint-Gertrudiskerk
Grote Markt 10, Sint-Gertrudiskerk
Grote Markt 10, Sint-Gertrudiskerk
Grote Markt 10, Sint-Gertrudiskerk
Grote Markt 10, Sint-Gertrudiskerk
Grote Markt 10, Sint-Gertrudiskerk
Kerkstraat 8
Kerkstraat (in the garden of Sint-Gertrudiskerk)
Kladseweg 42
Kloosterstraat 2A
Kortemeestraat 26
Lange Parkstraat 8
Lievrouwestraat (Gevangenpoort/Prisoner's Gate)
Lievevrouwestraat 29
Lievevrouwestraat 32
The only image of Maria in town which is lit
Lievevrouwestraat 35-37
Meeussenstraat 2
Moeregrebstraat 66
Noordsingel 230
Noordzijde Zoom 78
Noordzijde Zoom 79
Pastoor de Meulemeesterstraat
P. Turqstraat 6
Potterstraat 58
Sibeliusstraat 32
Steenbergsestraat 38
Van Dedemstraat 105
Vismarkt 21 (= Sint-Catharinaplein 21)
Vismarkt 22 (= Sint-Catharinaplein 22)
Wassenaarstraat 50
Westersingel 7
Westersingel
Zuidmolenstraat 43
Zuidsingel 9
Zuidwestsingel 208
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