![Town Hall](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVf_HQCTlI5HZtVLeqvm_06egSAXX-1YJX6fdAFu7ttbJjs86j2vpGwuVRTonu13lJDAH5UUOZ1X3PMROzplCdzx6iEQ5dr3qK8vY289d9WfZU62KKxtYLD3BZIV_zKpSl8Bs4l6ULwiqo/s400-rw/Antwerp_Town_Hall.jpg)
![Town Hall](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy17PhssUWz9V_vsrJd5kRcZN-Pajv0oOUB8FdEwyWFJhGZvbZtGKT4FMPDJDPfGUZlAU7ec7EeFyfvMJWzkbzfVgi5_D00MdqueHN1wTTnLjuDZcdN4SScj_hwcjMo1ldSNF2-8CIZqcq/s400-rw/Antwerp_Town_Hall%5B1%5D.jpg)
![view from the Market Square](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQgRGuwtXgmgHTviC6iog3SgL-dThuinjeKWj5zCj0t4y18ocd6BRdq63j_JnHPoAqmNpyFjd7_4ZVD6y98mNOhLAtogTpq6ma9dN7T8aqAlnWm1atEI-rmQp6MWUJ7GzjpHsDLKcZKan/s400-rw/Antwerp_Market_Square%5B3%5D.jpg)
![Guild Houses](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHZeWWdqeCm_bi0Q5hjlzN9ROw14tO0xOLzYuWxKoGJy0MotHFL34_88zTAJXRj8mPlWagSSdVnURXMwMJXN620yha2kbatKpEz8qFF5rfW8GSTBWQ7BbXtHcxt0DUy0Y4eRSUgExAYt7/s400-rw/Antwerp_Market_Square%5B5%5D.jpg)
![Guild Houses](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9sjgYT_dnFK_LIMpStSfbvTm5412WMzxWe0ufPDeeVQG-ePJqiLTXJTb_v48g4iB8Ln_lN4LsinvGromC1eyM0uatRADV7t4jgggh_jTtOwG2tmjyu1nsDXwx8UoP5F-7GsJjLJmvG4Z/s400-rw/Antwerp_Market_Square%5B1%5D.jpg)
![Brabo](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1jQ6BPjEOAXvibEWRr_Q1ncnWmFZfbf_mHO0p4mfjE8WA331F9hfdAPdpfIDuebxLFj76LvX6VqlNPU-X1Y_ICBc858-9GzdVNuhNLQn3L49-HMdH2btXTAM4kd10nJS2wpAR50vmypd/s400-rw/Antwerp_Market_Square.jpg)
The statue (last photo) is made by Jef Lambeaux and is called Brabo. It was inspired by a legend of a giant who used to live on the banks of the river Scheldt. Whenever sailors on the Scheldt refused to pay toll, he punished them by cutting off their hand. A Roman soldier called Silvius Brabo, killed the giant, cut off his hand and threw it in the river.
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