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Grote Markt (Town Square) of Antwerp and the Brabo Fountain.
According to a legend, a terrible giant, called Druoon Antigoon, lived on the banks of the river Scheldt in ancient times. Whenever sailors on the Scheldt river refused to pay toll to the giant, he punished them by cutting off their hand. A Roman soldier, Silvius Brabo, killed the giant cut off the hand and threw it in the river.
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