Josaphat park
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The Josaphat park is a public park located in the municipality of Schaerbeek, Brussels. The football stadium that was formerly used by the Crossing Club of Schaerbeek lies on the North-West corner of the park. There is also an elementary school (Chazal school), a tennis club (R.T.C. Lambermont) and some ponds.
The park is a remainder of the old forest that was starting from the Dailly square. It was inaugurated by King Léopold II of Belgium on June 6, 1904. Its name come from the resemblance between the valley of the Roodebeek (a tributary of the Maelbeek) where the park is located and the one of Josaphat in the Holy Land, noted by a pilgrim back from Palestine in 1574.
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