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July 31, 2006Google Earth Reveals Swastika Fountain in Belgium
From The Register:
Google Earth aficionados have created a bonfire in the quiet town of Maasmechelen in Belgium, very close to the border with the Netherlands, by revealing that the fountain at the city council office looks like a swastika from the air.
Kind of reminds me of the tree swastika in a German forest.The fountain has spouted happily for over 27 years, but now the mayor says he will replace it, fearing the town will otherwise be doomed. Seventy-two year old designer Robert Tachelet says he is "not a nazi, and I'm proud of the fountain. The Germans don't have the monopoly on the swastika, it is an ancient symbol of the Sun god".  Update: Thanks to Jake and Joseph for alerting me to the Naval base in San Diego which has a swastika shaped complex. 
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