tower of the apocalypse @ eben-ezer
October 15th 2008 @ 12:00 am about

A man, a vision, a plan, a lifes work…

born in 1912, robert garcet is a stonecutter by profession. around 1930, he settled in fort ebenemael, belgium, building a house there, then a workshop. in the early fifties, he began the tour de l’apocalypse: his peacetower… Garcet sees the church as the cause of today’s chaos. he pleads for the reinterpretation of the bible and the study of the past in order to obtain knowledge for the future. garcet is considered an eccentic and has met with much hostility, garcet has lived there most of the time.

documentaire (fr)

photo

website (only french…)

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Picture of the medieval tower at Eben-Emael (Belgium). The tower is guarded by 4 mysterious winged animals. It took a hell of a climb to get in the right position to take the shot. I hope the result is worth the effort

-doctor
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