Josaphat Park (french: Parc Josaphat, nl, Josaphatpark) is a public park of located in the municipality of

Schaerbeek (French language, French and History of Dutch orthography, archaic Dutch, ) or (contemporary Dutch language, Dutch, ) is one of the List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, 19 municipalities of the Brussels, Brussels-Capital Re ...

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, Belgium. The

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that was formerly used by the K.V.V. Crossing Elewijt lies on the north-western corner of the park. There is also an elementary school (Chazal school), a

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club (R.T.C. Lambermont), the municipal greenhouses, animals (horses, donkeys, hen, ducks), two playgrounds, a minigolf course, an archery range, three cafés (La Laiterie, La Buvette Saint-Sebastiaan, and La Guinguette Populeir), a kiosk (Josaphine's), and some ponds. The park is a remainder of the old Linthout forest that began at the /. It was designed by Edmond Galoppin of Melsbroek and inaugurated by

King Leopold II * german: link=no, Leopold Ludwig Philipp Maria Viktor , house = Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , father = Leopold I of Belgium , mother = Louise of Orléans , birth_date = , birth_place = Brussels, Belgium , death_date = ...

on 6 June 1904. Its name comes from the resemblance between the valley of the Roodebeek (a tributary of the

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) where the park is located and the

Valley of Josaphat The Valley of Josaphat (variants: Valley of Jehoshaphat and Valley of Yehoshephat) is a Biblical place mentioned by name in the Book of Joel ( and ): "I will gather together all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Josaphat: "Then ...

in the

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, noted by a pilgrim back from Palestine in 1574. It was designated on 31 December 1974.

Sculptures

Josaphat Park contains a large collection of sculptures, including works by sculptors

Jules Lagae Jules Lagae (Roulers, 15 March 1862 – Bruges, 2 June 1931) was a Belgian sculptor and medallist, born in Roeselare Roeselare (; french: Roulers, ; West Flemish: ''Roeseloare'') is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of ...

Victor Rousseau Victor Rousseau ( Feluy, 16 December 1865 – Forest, 17 March 1954) also known as M. Victor Rousseau, was a Belgian sculptor and medalist. Biography Rousseau was of Walloon heritage and descended from a line of stonemasons. He began carv ...

Albert Desenfans Constant Albrecht (Albert) Desenfans (Genappe, 24 January 1845 – Braine-l'Alleud, 12 March 1938) was a Belgian sculptor. Desenfans studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels as a pupil of Eugène Simonis. Most of the work in ...

, Joseph Van Hamme, , and Jean Lecroart. File:Schaerbeek Parc Josaphat 1126.jpg, Bronze medallion with 's effigy by Jean Lecroart File:Schaerbeek Parc Josaphat 903.jpg, ''Boreas'' by Joseph Van Hamme File:Schaerbeek Parc Josaphat 911.jpg, ''The

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'' by

File:Schaerbeek Parc Josaphat 901.jpg, ''Cinderella'' by File:Schaerbeek Parc Josaphat 1201.JPG, ''Eve and the serpent'' by Desenfans

External links

Description on the website of the Belgian Tourist Board
{{Schaerbeek Parks in Brussels Urban public parks Schaerbeek

Sculptures

See also

External links