Gent: Preparing the coin trail
29 January 2010
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One of the investments of the Portico-project is the visualisation of the mediaeval trade route between Brugge and Köln. This historic track will be visualised by a trail of copper ‘coins’ (medals), laid out in the pavement between Graslei (Lys River) and François Laurent Square (Scheldt River). The coins will be engraved based on historic drawings, photos and texts. Every coin will tell a small part of the city’s history.
In January 2010 dummy coins will be placed at the Boter market in order to test and compare the properties of different materials, including visual aspect and sustainability.