page_title: Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde
section_title: Places of Interest and Events
hierarchical_section_title: Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde / Places of Interest and Events
caption_attribution_description: English: War Memorial erected in memory of the inhabitants of Sint Gillis bij Dendermonde who died in the First World War. The design is by the architect Jules Tijtgat. The monument was inaugurated in 1931. Nederlands: Oorlogsmonument ter nagedachtenis van de slachtoffers van de Eerste Wereldoorlog te Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde. Het monument is een ontwerp van de architect Jules Tijtgat. Het werd onthuld op zondag 19 juli 1931.
context_page_description: Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde is a part of the municipality of Dendermonde in the Denderstreek in East Flanders in Belgium, a typical agricultural village in the Dendervallei near the junction of the railroads to Ghent, Mechelen and Brussels. It was formerly known as Zwijveke.
  Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde is birthplace to poet Emmanuel Hiel and literature historian Wies Moens.
  Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde has a yearly flower show on the first Sunday of September, a parade of flower-covered floats built in the several districts of Sint-Gillis, to a different theme each year.
  On 23 January 2009, a man attacked a children's daycare centre in the village, killing at least three people and wounding as many as twenty. Italian singer Luciano Ligabue dedicated to the victims a song, Quando mi vieni a prendere? inserted in his 2010 album, Arrivederci, Mostro!.
context_section_description: There is one cinema in Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde, named Cinema Albert. It is one of the oldest cinemas in Belgium: it has been in business since 1914 and expanded after the First World War. It has been a family business from the start, and is still run by the same family since 1914. It ranks 36th in the Belgian list of top cinemas.
  In 1931, a war monument was erected at Burgemeester Potiaulaan in remembrance of the victims of the First World War. It was designed by Jules Tijtgat, an engineer from Ghent.
  Each year in the spring, the Dendermonde Rugby Club organises a rugby cup in Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde.
  On the first Sunday of September, a Bloemencorso is organised, a flower parade in which floats, cars and boats are decorated with flowers.
caption: PAX, War memorial
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