These City Statues Got A Floral Makeover That’s Brightening Up The Streets (20 Pics)

"Mrs. Hat"

"Charles-Joseph Lamoral, 7th Prince de Ligne in French; in German Karl-Joseph Lamoral 7. Fürst von Ligne (also known as Karl Fürst von Ligne or Fürst de Ligne: (23 May 1735 – 13 December 1814) was a field marshal, inhaber of an infantry regiment, prolific writer, intellectual, member of the princely family of Ligne. He fought as a field officer during several famous battles during the Seven Years' War and briefly returned to military duty in the War of the Bavarian Succession. He performed an important diplomatic mission to Catherine the Great in 1787 and led troops against the Turks at Belgrade in 1789. Beginning in the 1770s, he authored an impressive volume of work."

"Domestic Worries"

In college on a football scholarship?

🎶 Ce soir j'attends Madeleine - J'ai apporté du lilas - J'en apporte toutes les semaines - Madeleine elle aime bien ça 🎶

"Child Offering a Drink"

"Title Unknown"

"Zinneke" means "mongrel dog" and intimates that the dog is not a local dog, but an outsider. If you need a translation of the second word you have more worries than I can help with. ;-)

"Rembert Dodoens (born Rembert van Joenckema, 29 June 1517 – 10 March 1585) was a Flemish physician and botanist, also known under his Latinized name Rembertus Dodonaeus. He has been called the father of botany. The standard author abbreviation Dodoens is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name."

"The Sower"

"Gabrielle Alina Eugenia Maria Petit (20 February 1893 – 1 April 1916) was a Belgian spy who worked for the British Secret Service in German-occupied Belgium during World War I. She was executed in 1916, and was widely celebrated as a Belgian national heroine after the war's end."

"Charles François Gommaire Buls (Dutch: Karel Frans Gommaar Buls; 13 October 1837 – 13 July 1914) was a Belgian politician and mayor of the City of Brussels." "Buls was a supporter of progressive causes, especially in language issues and education, and the education of women, on which he wrote frequently. He was a supporter of Isabelle Gatti de Gamond's educational reforms. From 1879 on he played an important role in the development of Flemish education in Brussels." "Buls became mayor of Brussels in 1881 and remained in office until 1899. At his initiative, policemen had to be able to speak both French and Dutch and bilingual signposting was established throughout the city. However, along with these reforms, his most lasting achievement was the result of his opposition to the grandiose architectural schemes of King Leopold II, and the resulting preservation of old parts of Brussels."

"The Sower"

Looks like the aftermath of a food fight.

"Yves-Jean du Monceau de Bergendal , born on October 23, 1922 in Uccle and died in Ottignies on July 27, 2013 is a Belgian politician of Christian social tendency. From 1958 to 1988 he was mayor of Ottignies, which became Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuvein in 1978."

"Maturity"

"Leopold was the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State, a private colonial project undertaken on his own behalf as a personal union with Belgium. Leopold's administration was characterized by systematic brutality and atrocities in the Congo Free State, including forced labour, tor‍tur‍e, murder, kidnapping, and the amputation of the hands of men, women, and children when the quota of rubber was not met. While it has proven difficult to accurately estimate the pre-colonial population and the amount by which it changed under the Congo Free State, estimates for the Congolese population decline during Leopold's rule range from 1 million to 15 million. The causes of the decline included epidemic disease, a reduced birth rate, and violence and famine caused by the regime."

"The Anspach Fountain (French: Fontaine Anspach; Dutch: Anspachfontein) is an eclectic-style fountain-obelisk erected between 1895 and 1897 in the centre of the Place de Brouckère/De Brouckèreplein in Brussels, Belgium. Designed by the architect Charles-Émile Janlet, it is dedicated to the memory of Jules Anspach, a former mayor of the City of Brussels."