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For Fluide, Jérôme Considérant uses different graphic symbols particular to Thuin. Choosing the form of a medieval shield, he portrays the image of a big animal watching over the vines. The main motif in the shield is the lion featured in Thuin’s coat of arms. He bears the past of inland water transport on his back (at the beginning of the 20th century, Thuin had more than 1100 heads of families who were boatmen out of a population of 5000 inhabitants) as well as the belfry surmounted by a cloud reminding us of the hanging gardens. The hole on the animal’s left leg symbolises St. Roch’s wound, a saint who was especially evoked in times of plague. Several epidemics swept through the Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse region in the 17th century and the march organised every third Sunday of May in Thuin has become an institution. The bunch of grapes he holds in his claws ends with the motif found on the unusual uniform of the zouaves, a French light infantry unit often associated with the image of Second Empire battles. They can be seen during the ‘St. Roch March’. Finally, the colour red evokes the colour of wine and is a reminder of the uniform worn by the zouaves, after whom the Clos is named. Its title, Silverado, based on the model of the Spanish word ‘eldorado’, refers to a rich, precious site, which is watched over by a mythical creature.
