No Panties and Jacob Van Artevelde's Funny Broken Window - Ghent


120822 - gent
120822 - gent
Choosing the pictures to be published this one appeared to be the spot where the Flemish statesman Jacob Van Artevelde was murdered with an axe by Thomas Denijs as he came home, negotiating with the king of England on July 24, 1435.  Do the axes in the ironwork refer to this event?