Eben-Ezer Tower

The Eben-Ezer Tower, locally known as Tour d'Eben-Ezer, stands south of the village of Eben-Emael, in the province of Liège in the Wallonia region in Belgium.

Eben-Ezer Tower may look old, but it isn't. In fact, it was built between 1951 and 1965 by Robert Garcet, a Belgian artist and self-proclaimed paleontologist. The tower is a fantastical structure made from flint rubble, with dimensions based on numerology and symbolism drawn from the Bible and ancient civilizations. The four corners of the tower are topped with large concrete statues depicting the winged cherubs of the Apocalypse: a bull, a lion, an eagle, and a man-sphinx.

The tower, considered a piece of outsider art, was Garcet's home until his death in 2001 and now functions as a museum about flint, Garcet, and his ideas.

Currently, Eben-Ezer Tower can be visited for a fee. A very strange tower.

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