sunset over patersberg by Nicola Mathu

About "sunset over patersberg"

by Nicola Mathu

About the artwork

The Paterberg is a hill in the municipality of Kluisbergen, in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The cobblestones on Paterberg have been a protected monument since 1993. After the construction of the road - the municipality of Kluisbergen decided that the planned concrete track would be replaced by cobblestones - the slope was immediately included in the 1986 Tour of Flanders. In cycling, the slope has been best known since 1986 through the cycling race the Tour of Flanders. Together with the Koppenberg and the Oude Kwaremont, the Paterberg is one of the toughest slopes of the race and thus also a hatchet job. The Paterberg is a narrow cobbled road with an average gradient of 12.5% and a steepest stretch of 20%. The top is at 80 m. The Paterberg has been climbed 40 (1986-2017) times in 31 editions of the Tour of Flanders, for the first time in 1986. In 2018, the Paterberg will be climbed twice, always following an ascent of the Oude Kwaremont. In 1986 and 1987, the Paterberg was followed by the Koppenberg. In the 1988-1990 period it was the Kortekeer, in 1991 the Nieuwe Kruisberg, in the 1992-1994 period the Hoogberg-Hotond, in the 1995-2001 period and in 2007 again the Kortekeer. In the 2002-2006 period and in 2008-2011 the Koppenberg followed, and the 2012 and 2013 parcours included three climbs of the Paterberg. In the first loop between Oude Kwaremont and Koppenberg. In the second loop between Oude Kwaremont and Hoogberg-Hotond. In the third passage, the slope de la