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Heritage
Marche-en-Famenne has charm, over the walks, we take advantage of the treasures of its perfectly preserved heritage.
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"Les Trois Grâces", work of Louis Noël (1995)
Aglaia (stralend), Thalia (groen) en Euphrosyne (vreugde van de ziel) zijn de "gastvrouwen" van de stad, die zowel gastvrij als verleidelijk is. In de oudheid personif...
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Built heritage
Ancient farm/castle
The ancient farm/castle includes a medieval keep in schistose sandstone (private property).
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Water mill
Grimbiémont has an ancient remarkably restored water mill well visible from the road (private property).
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Water mil of the Hedrée
Dating from (at the last) from the second half of the 17e c., this old mil has been costructed in rubble stone and sanstone. During the 19e c, it has been extended and...
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Ancienne église jésuite / Quartier Latin
This old jesuit church, listed in 1985, is the only vestige jesuit private school dating from 18th c. The church is now a 4* hotel called "Quartier latin".
Discovery and recreation
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Aye - Demeures remarquables
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Belle vue sur Hargimont et son château
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Natural heritage
Boulevard urbain
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The Notre-Dame Chapel and the Christ Chapel.
Beautifull little building, according to the archives, built in 1652, by the shopkeeper Jean du Tilleul (de Théoux) and his wife Jeanne Wilmar. A few details in the a...
Discovery and recreation
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Chapelle Saint-Christophe
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Saint-Hubert chapel
The Saint-Hubert chapel, neo-Romanesque edifice in limestone and sandstone dated 1857, had to be restored after 1944.
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Saint-Roch chapel
The chapel is a gothic building of the 16th c. dedicated to Saint-Roch, invoked against plague.
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Château d'Hassonville
Located between Aye and Marloie, the castle of Hassonville (hotel-restaurant) is surrounded by a superb 55-ha (130-acre) park fitted by a student of Le Nôtre, landscap...
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Château de Humain
The castle (private property), classic edifice built in 1756, was set on fire during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 and has been restored in its original sty...
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Château de Jemeppe
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Verdenne Castle
An arboretum containing a collection of some 150 species of maple trees surrounds the vast castle of Verdenne, dated 1860.An arboretum containing a collection of some...
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Waha Castle
This castle (private property) built between 1842 and 1844 by the Lejeune family, and its parc of 25 ha are listed since 2002. The neo-classical castle was built in pa...
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Saint-Roch Cemetry
The Saint-Roch cemetry is caracterised by its very old graves. An extension has been constructed ("new cemetry") on the other side of the road. The old cemetry call at...
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Multi-confessional cemetery
This multi-confessional cemetery has been inspired by Anglo-Saxon cemeteries. Covered with grass, scattered with benches and circled by low walls, this green area invi...
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Eglise Saint-Etienne
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Eglise Saint-Etienne et vitraux de Jean-Michel Folon
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Museum/Interpretation centre
Saint-Gobert church
The Saint-Gobert church was built between 1876-1877. Nearby the church there is a Hundred-Year-Old Tree commemorating the anniversary of the 1830 Belgian Revolution, a...
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Church of Saint-Isidore of Saint-Georges
This church has been reconstructed in 1954, after the bombing of the Second World War, according to the plans of the architect Victor Sarlet.The limestone independant...
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Saint-Martin church
Constructed in 1953, this church is about 328 feet away from the location of the former church that was bombed and burnt down in 1944. Note that, as a rule, a parish t...
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Saint-Maurice church
The Saint-Maurice church of very contemporary style is built in sandstone blocks. It was rebuilt in 1967 (architect: Raymond Lamarche) and carries on its façade a fres...
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Saint-Pierre church
The Saint-Pierre church, neo-roman style, has been rebuilt between 1873 and 1875. The restoration and the plumbing of the stained-glass windows has been realised by L....
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Saint-Remacle church
Perched on its hill, the Saint-Remacle church was built in brick and bluestone in 1872.The church houses contemporary neo-Gothic furniture.
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St. Remacle's church
This remarkable, listed, stone church in the flamboyant Gothic style was originally built in the fourteenth century, and was rebuilt after devastating fires in 1615 an...
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La balade débute à l’église Saint-Gobert.
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Ferme de la Commanderie
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Hargimont - Château de Jemeppe
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Humain - Carrière Saint-Martin
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Hédrée et Wamme
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Jardins La Clé du Temps
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Old marble pit called "Saint-Hubert"
At the south-west of the village, the place called "Cocrai", is situated the old marble pit called "Saint-Hubert". Mainly exploited during the 18th C. The marble comin...
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Old marble pit called "Saint-Martin"
On the hillside of the road between Humain and Aye, there is the "Saint-Martin" pit, old marble grey and red pit exploited during the 18th century. The site is full of...
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L'église Saint-Séverin
The Saint-Séverin church is built in limestone rocks. The edifice has been rebuilt in the late of 16th c., transformed in the 18th c. and enlarged in 1876. Its origin...
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Waha Church and its magnificent stained-glass windows
This remarkable building is the oldest Romanesque church in Belgium and is a listed Major Walloon Heritage Site. Its foundation stone, dated 1050, is still visible. In...
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Valley of the Hedrée
The Hedrée hamlet consists of a few houses. The Hedrée is a stunningly beautiful valley that takes its name from the stream that digs it. This picturesque corner, near...
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La Vieille Cense
The Juniesse tower is the last testimony of the town's medieval fortifications. The only one among 22 others, this tower escaped from the dismantling of the walls (dat...
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The town of Marche-en-Famenne during the Battle of the Bulge
On 21 December, coming from the area around Aachen, the 84th US Infantry Division, including future Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, took up position between Marche...
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Le Château-ferme de Aye
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Le Manoir
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Le batardeau
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Le cimetière multiconfessionnel de type paysager
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Village of Hargimont
This major village covers 796 ha (2,000 acres) and includes the hamlet of Jemeppe separated from Hargimont by the Hédrée brook.The Wamme valley, upstream from Jemeppe,...
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Village of Aye
The village of Aye is clearly delimited on its eastern side by the railway tracks and is today the second entity after Marche in number of inhabitants. Aye counts a fe...
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Village of Champlon-Famenne
Champlon-Famenne is a small clearing-village attached to the southeast slope of the Famenne basin and surrounded by the woods of Chardonne, from the Grande Namuroise a...
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Village of Grimbiémont
Located on a southern slope in a hilly landscape, this village is crossed by the Hédrée and has, as it is said, a privileged climate. It has also a few beautiful viewp...
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Village of Hollogne
Hollogne is mainly constituted of farmhouses and limestone houses from the early 19th c. and shows some pretty half-timbered houses. The 'Rue du Petit Bois' offers a m...
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Village of Humain
Humain is spread over the northern slope of the Calestienne with its varied and hilly relief. It's surrounded by the Gerny plateau, fertile plain of which the name der...
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Village of Lignières
This Ardenne type village is the most easterly village of the Marche-en-Famenne entity and is crossed by the Hédrée brook. It has numerous little 19th and 20th c. farm...
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Village of Marloie
Marloie has expanded strongly in the 19th c. thanks to the junction of the Brussels-Arlon railway line and the Ourthe line. Today, the Marloie railway station is the m...
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Village of On
Bordered by woods, situated in a hilly area, with several remarkable buildings, On is one of the most picturesque villages in the Wamme valley.This village is implante...
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Village of Roy
Roy is located on the edge of the border of Marche at the limit of the Famenne and the Ardenne. It consists mainly of houses and farmhouses in sandstone and bluestone...
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Village of Verdenne
Verdenne suffered heavily from the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. Its main street is even named 'Rue Noël 1944' Christmas 1944 street in remembrance of this sad day. A m...
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The village of Verdenne during the battle of the Ardennes
Verdenne suffered heavily from the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. Its main street is even named 'Rue Noël 1944' Christmas 1944 street in remembrance of this sad day. A m...
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The Dochain House/The Manoir
Upon arrival on the Place Toucrée, you will see an impressive building, surrounded by railings, towering on your right. This is the Dochain House, also known as the Ma...
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Marche-en-Famenne
If you want to enjoy the charm of a town which has been remarkably renovated while preserving many witnesses of its past as well as its architectural atmosphere from t...
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Marche-en-Famenne - Destination Européenne d'Excellence
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Marche-en-Famenne - Parc Van der Straeten
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Panorama - Ancien presbytère
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Panorama sur la Famenne et l'Ardenne
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Van der Straten park and castle
This 3 ha park (7.4 acres) includes a number of remarkable trees, an ecological pond, an area for skate-board lovers and a playground which is the delight of children....
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Pierre Saint-Hubert (St-Hubert Stone)
The Pierre Saint-Hubert (St-Hubert Stone) is a lying limestone monolith looking like a rough stone, located more or less on the spot of the old limits between Marche a...
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Place Roi Albert
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Place aux Foires
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Plateau du Gerny
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Rue Porte Haute
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Rue des Dentellières
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Site de l'ancien couvent des Carmes
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Site of the Monument
On the way out of the town, a large path laid out in the late 16th c. and bordered with linden trees leads to the chapel of the Holy Trinity. The woods and paths scatt...
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Site naturel du Fond des Vaulx
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Natural site of the Monument
2.8 km (1,7 mi) walk to discover hundred-year-old linden trees and other various species...Not far from the town center, a large path bordered with linden trees leads...
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Station of radio astronomy
In the centre of the rich agricultural Gerny plateau a station of radio astronomy has been implanted, strange line of 48 parabolic antennas. Signposted walk n°10: 'Gui'
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Tour de la Famenne
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The Juniesse Tower
Opposite you rises the Juniesse tower that quite miraculously escaped the dismantling of the town’s fortifications by the French under Louis XIV, probably due to the f...
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Site of the Vieille Cense
The site of the Vieille Cense is a remarkable architectural unit listed in 1988 that reflects, for the oldest parts, the successive phases of development of the site s...
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Village d'Aye
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Waha - Eglise Saint-Etienne et vitraux de Jean-Michel Folon
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Waha - Ferme des Blancs Curés
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Sainte-Barbe church
The Sainte-Barbe church, dated 1886, is of neo-Gothic style.The Sainte-Barbe church, dated 1886, is of neo-Gothic style. It is the work of Charles Bouvrie.
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Saint-Laurent church
This neo-gothic church situated on the hilly side of the village, has been made of sandstone and limestone (1874-1875). The architect Charles Bouvrie has also realise...
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Îlot Christian Dourt
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