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Modern SitesSite Name: Tongeren standbeeld van AmbiorixCountry: Belgium
NOTE: This site is 0.134 km away from the location you searched for.
Province: Limburg Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Tongeren Nearest Village: Tongeren
Latitude: 50.780600N Longitude: 5.463300E
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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A nice modern megalith, an artificial dolmen from the middle of the 19th century, can be seen between some very inviting cafés around Grote Markt (= "Large market") in the city of Tongeren (Flanders) which is said to be the oldest town of Belgium.
This dolmen is about 3 metres tall.
It serves as a stone pedestal for an over-life-sized bronze statue of famous Ambiorix, by Jules Bertin (1866).
Ambiorix, chieftain and/or king of the celtic Eburones tribe, was doubtless one of the most important opponents of Caesar during the Gallic Wars:
In the year 54 BC Ambiorix, nowadays reputed as an early belgian "national hero", was able to annihilate one and a half roman legions.
Later, after the military situation became rather unpleasant for the Gauls, he was at least able to escape over the Rhine river to his germanic allies, whereas all of Caesar's attempts to capture Ambiorix remained without any success.
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