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-De '''St. Annastreet''' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: '''St. Annastraat''') is a street in the Dutch city of [[Nijmegen]]. De name is derived from the hamlet St. Anna, named after a chapel devoted to [[Saint Anne]] (Dutch: Sint Anna)
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-De street functions as one of the major traffic arteries into Nijmegen and sets the stage for the arrival of the [[International Four Day Marches Nijmegen|Nijmegen Marchers]]. For the occasion of the [[International Four Day Marches Nijmegen]], the street is renamed Via Gladiola. The [[Gladiolus]] is also called 'sword' lilly because the leaves have the shape of a sword. A Roman sword was called gladius, a smaller sword gladiolus. A [[Gladiator]] (Latin: gladiator, "swordsman", from gladius, "sword") was a slave or professional fighter in ancient Rome. Gladiators fought other gladiators, wild animals and condemned criminals, sometimes to the death. Winners were often showered in gladiolus. Hence the gladiolus became a symbol of strength and victory.
-A Dutch saying is 'Death or the Gladiolus' referring to the Roman times. A symbol for strength and victory it became a symbol for the Nijmegen marchers who finish the march.
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