Statue of Grabrielle Petit
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| Address : | Pl. Saint-Jean, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium |
| Website : | https://monument.heritage.brussels/fr/buildings/36920 |
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| City : | Bruxelles |
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A la mémoire d'une grande dame morte à 22 ans pour la Belgique lors de la première guerre mondiale
 In memory of a great lady who died at the age of 22 for Belgium during the First World War
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Gabrielle Petit werd op 01/04/1916 doodgeschoten voor verraad - door de Duitsers. Zij werd geboren in Doornik en verloofd met een Engelse soldaat. Nadat die ziek terugkeerde, kreeg zij een opleiding in spoorwegspionage.
Dit standbeeld is van Egide Rombaux (1865-1942) en werd in 1923 onder grote belangstelling ingehuldigd.
Op het voetstuk staat : "Ik ben ter dood veroordeeld. Ik word morgen terechtgesteld. Leve België. Leve de Koning" en: “… ik zal hen tonen hoe een Belgische vrouw weet te sterven”.
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Gabrielle Petit was shot for treason on 01/04/1916 - by the Germans. She was born in Tournai and engaged to an English soldier. After she returned sick, she received training in railroad espionage.
This statue is by Egide Rombaux (1865-1942) and was inaugurated in 1923 with great interest.
The pedestal says: "I have been sentenced to death. I will be executed tomorrow. Long live Belgium. Long live the King" and: "... I will show them how a Belgian woman knows how to die".
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Nice place to rest for some time
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There is a small public square and street intersection called Place St. Jean south of the Grote Markt in Brussels. Here you can see a small statue of Gabrielle Petit, who was captured and shot by the Germans for her participation as a British informant during the war.
This is a bronze, life-size figure of Gabrielle Petit, robed and staring to her right. It was created by E. Rombaux in 1923. There is inscription upon the pedestal that is something of a testimony to Gabrielle Petit and other Belgian women who died for their country during the WWI conflict.
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Gabrielle Alina Eugenia Maria Petit (20 February 1893 – 1 April 1916) was a Belgian woman who spied for the British Secret Service during World War I. She was executed in 1916, and became a Belgian national heroine after the war's end.
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macedonboy on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This monument stands in tribute to Gabrielle Petit, a Belgian Resistance and heroine who spied for the Allies during the First World War. The monument features a statue of Gabrielle Petit atop a pedestal which is inscribed with the word extolling her heroic actions and the date of her execution by the German occupiers. The statue depicts Gabrielle dressed plainly in civilian clothing to underly the unjust manner in which she was executed by firing squad. Her head is turned upwards staring defiantly.
A worthy tribute to a Belgian heroine.
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