Thank you to Peter for the link to information on the "marketentster"
http://www.vanlut.be/leopoldsburg/marketentster.htm
De Marketentster
"The canteen woman in the picture is Francisca Janssen and the photo was taken around 1860 when Maastricht was still fortified."
(GOOGLE translation)
"De marketentster op de afbeelding is Francisca Janssen en de foto is omstreeks 1860 gemaakt toen Maastricht nog vestingstad was."
(The original text)
That should be: when Maastricht was still fortified.
ReplyDeletePjotr
Hello, again,
ReplyDeleteI have another link for you:
http://leo.ksahzaal.be/algemeen/bezienswaardigheden/monumenten/tacambaro.htm
It's called the Tacambora column, remembering the Belgian volunteers which died during the expedition in Mexico. This column stands just around the corner from my barracks.
The column was inaugarated in 1867, without much publicity because of Belgian public opinion not agreeing with sending an expedition to Mexico to aid the husband of princes Charlotte -daughter of the first king of the Belgians, Leopold 1- without the go ahead of the parlement.
Pjotr