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<p>[QUOTE="Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 1328295, member: 23"]That's Brabo. He was a Roman soldier. There was a giant that controlled shipping and would cut off the hand of any ship's captain who refused to pay the toll and throw them in the river. Brabo cut off the giant's hand and threw it into the river, thus freeing the district. The area of Belgium known as Brabant is named for him. The statue represents him throwing the hand. Antwerp is supposedly called that because it can be loosely translated as (H)ant (hand) Werpen (launch, or throw). Kristiaan will correct me if I'm wrong, but that's what we learned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 1328295, member: 23"]That's Brabo. He was a Roman soldier. There was a giant that controlled shipping and would cut off the hand of any ship's captain who refused to pay the toll and throw them in the river. Brabo cut off the giant's hand and threw it into the river, thus freeing the district. The area of Belgium known as Brabant is named for him. The statue represents him throwing the hand. Antwerp is supposedly called that because it can be loosely translated as (H)ant (hand) Werpen (launch, or throw). Kristiaan will correct me if I'm wrong, but that's what we learned.[/QUOTE]
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