Josaphat Park

Josaphat Park
Parc Josaphat  (French) Josaphatpark  (Dutch)
Josaphat Park at the end of autumn
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Type	Public park
Location	Schaerbeek, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates	50°51′44″N 4°23′06″E / 50.86222°N 4.38500°E / 50.86222; 4.38500Coordinates: 50°51′44″N 4°23′06″E / 50.86222°N 4.38500°E / 50.86222; 4.38500
Area	20 ha (49 acres)
Created	1901

Josaphat Park (French: Parc Josaphat, Dutch: Josaphatpark) is a public park of 20 hectares (49 acres) located in the municipality of Schaerbeek in Brussels, Belgium. The football stadium that was formerly used by the K.V.V. Crossing Elewijt lies on the north-west corner of the park. There is also an elementary school (Chazal school), a tennis club (R.T.C. Lambermont), the communal 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 Dailly Square. It was designed by Edmond Galoppin of Melsbroek and inaugurated by King Leopold II of Belgium on 6 June 1904. Its name comes from the resemblance between the valley of the Roodebeek (a tributary of the Maalbeek) where the park is located and the Valley of Josaphat in the Holy Land, noted by a pilgrim back from Palestine in 1574. It was designated on 31 December 1974.^{[citation needed]}

Sculptures[]

Josaphat Park contains a large collection of sculptures, including works by sculptors Jules Lagae, Victor Rousseau, Albert Desenfans, Joseph Van Hamme, Edmond Lefever, and Jean Lecroart.

• Josaphat Park sculptures
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  Edmond Galoppin by Jean Lecroart

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  Boreas by Joseph Van Hamme

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  L'Élagueur by Albert Desenfans

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  Cinderella by Edmond Lefever

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  Eve and the serpent by Desenfans

See also[]

• List of parks and gardens in Brussels

External links[]

Media related to Josaphat Park at Wikimedia Commons

• Description on the website of the Belgian Tourist Board

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