{"id":25978,"date":"2026-05-15T18:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/beatrice-laat-caecilia-en-minerva-vertellen\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T07:26:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T05:26:45","slug":"beatrice-laat-caecilia-en-minerva-vertellen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/beatrice-laat-caecilia-en-minerva-vertellen\/","title":{"rendered":"B\u00e9atrice lets Caecilia and Minerva tell their stories"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":{"categorie":33,"afbeelding":25297,"auteur":"Harry Lindelauf","fotografie":"Anja Neskens, Yvonne Vrouwenraeds","contentbuilder":[{"acf_fc_layout":"tekst","tekst":"Researcher and archaeologist B\u00e9atrice de Fraiture has brought seven people from Roman South Limburg to life for the VOX walks. At carefully selected locations, walkers hear interesting details from the daily lives of Caecilia, Lucius, Servatus, Julius, Minerva, Titus, and the Lady of Voerendaal.\r\n\r\nThe creative force behind this journey back in time composed and structured the stories according to several principles: each Via Belgica municipality has its own main character, each character has a unique story consisting of 20 parts of 2 minutes each, and every character encounters two other figures during the walk.\r\nThe language used is contemporary Dutch, German, French, or English. The Maastricht dialect version that previously attracted attention during the LUX light festival has been dropped in order to accommodate Dutch-speaking walkers who do not understand the Maastricht dialect. Perhaps compensation comes in the story of the Maastricht character Servatus. In his anger, the wine merchant throws the sour wine he received into a cooking pot with meat. A day later, it has become \u2014 indeed \u2014 the city\u2019s most famous dish. It illustrates the humorous way in which B\u00e9atrice de Fraiture dresses up the stories."},{"acf_fc_layout":"foto_tekst","foto":25236,"tekst":"<h3>Fun and challenging<\/h3>\r\nB\u00e9atrice worked on the VOX stories for about a year and a half. \u201cOne of the nicest assignments so far. But, for example, it was quite difficult to step into the role of a goddess,\u201d the archaeologist reflects afterwards. She faced several dilemmas: \u201cI didn\u2019t want to turn it into a walking history lesson. On the other hand, I did want to share knowledge with an audience that is not necessarily familiar with Roman times. How far can you simplify or omit things? At the same time, these characters never really existed, but it is based on history, and as an archaeologist I feel it also has to be responsible.\u201d"},{"acf_fc_layout":"tekst_foto","tekst":"<h3>Herb facts<\/h3>\r\nTogether with municipal officials and Anja Neskens, project leader of Via Belgica, she visited all locations (\u201cseveral times\u201d) on foot or by bicycle. They worked with a map showing the junction routes of Visit Zuid-Limburg and information about Roman excavations in the area. These maps were marked out in advance by B\u00e9atrice. She then applied her knowledge of Roman history, supplemented with additional reading and research. In Heerlen, two guides from IVN Nature Education joined them, providing interesting extra facts about herbs along the route.\r\nThe walks are 7 to 8 kilometres long. Sometimes the locations of archaeological finds are not situated close together or are in places less suitable for a walking route. In such cases, the text refers to those discoveries \u201cbecause it also has to be an enjoyable walk.\u201d","foto":25461},{"acf_fc_layout":"foto_tekst","foto":25317,"tekst":"<h3>Favourites<\/h3>\r\nWhen the first versions of the texts were ready, she recorded all the texts herself and once again went out walking to listen to her own stories while moving through the landscape. \u201cThen you see the surroundings and you notice things, so you adjust certain details.\u201d Eventually, after a content review by fellow archaeologists Karen Jeneson and Hilde Vanneste, the texts were recorded by voice actors.\r\nWhen asked about her favourite among the seven characters, she immediately mentions both Caecilia and Minerva. Caecilia is the farmer\u2019s daughter who dreams of a future as a singer. Not coincidentally in Kerkrade, because Kerkrade is home to the WMC (World Music Contest) and is therefore known as the \u201cCity of Sound.\u201d"},{"acf_fc_layout":"tekst_foto","tekst":"<h3>My interpretation<\/h3>\r\nMinerva is her second favourite. The goddess was chosen because of the religious diversity with which Meerssen promotes itself as a tourist destination. The choice of Minerva is based on the discovery of a statue of the goddess in Bunde, municipality of Meerssen.\r\nWhere she wrote Caecilia\u2019s story with ease, Minerva\u2019s contribution proved more challenging: \u201cA goddess must maintain a certain distance from people, so you have to give her that role yourself. And sometimes you do that with a wink in the text. Still, I think walkers will understand that this is my interpretation of Minerva.\u201d","foto":25457},{"acf_fc_layout":"slideshow","slideshow":[25461,25453,25425,25413,25401,25349,25337,25345,25317,25305,25325,25333,25293,25297]}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>B\u00e9atrice lets Caecilia and Minerva tell their stories - Via Belgica<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/beatrice-laat-caecilia-en-minerva-vertellen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"B\u00e9atrice lets Caecilia and Minerva tell their stories - Via Belgica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/beatrice-laat-caecilia-en-minerva-vertellen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Via Belgica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-15T16:20:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-17T05:26:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"anja\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viabelgica.nl\\\/en\\\/beatrice-laat-caecilia-en-minerva-vertellen\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viabelgica.nl\\\/en\\\/beatrice-laat-caecilia-en-minerva-vertellen\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"anja\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viabelgica.nl\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8d86463c823e92e1b7d38d64604a2075\"},\"headline\":\"B\u00e9atrice lets Caecilia and Minerva tell their stories\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-15T16:20:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-17T05:26:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viabelgica.nl\\\/en\\\/beatrice-laat-caecilia-en-minerva-vertellen\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":9,\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viabelgica.nl\\\/en\\\/beatrice-laat-caecilia-en-minerva-vertellen\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viabelgica.nl\\\/en\\\/beatrice-laat-caecilia-en-minerva-vertellen\\\/\",\"name\":\"B\u00e9atrice lets Caecilia and Minerva tell their stories - 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