Bock (Luxembourg)
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The Bock is a promontory in the eastern corner of Luxembourg City's historical upper town, the Ville Haute. It was here that Count Siegfried built his Castle of Lucilinburhuc in 963, providing a basis
The Bock fortifications by Christophe-Guillaume Selig (1791–1837)
Count Siegfried of Luxembourg
The Bock cliff with loop-holes for the cannons
Photograph of the four Bock gates (c. 1867)
Melusine
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Mélusine or Melusine or Melusina is a figure of European folklore, a female spirit of fresh water in a holy well or river. She is usually depicted as a woman who is a serpent or fish from the waist do
Bock (Luxembourg)
…Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Teresa (2000). There have reportedly been people that have seen Melusine in the waters nearby. Luxembourg City…
Melusine's secret discovered, from Le Roman de Mélusine by Jean d'Arras, c. 1450–1500. Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Raymond walks in on his wife, Melusine, in her bath and discovers she has the lower body of a serpent. Illustration from the Jean d'Arras work, Le livre de Mélusine (The Book of Melusine), 1478.
Statue of Melusine near the Alzette in Luxembourg
Melusine by Ludwig Michael von Schwanthaler (1845)