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L’église Notre-Dame

Church 'Notre-Dame' The present early Gothic (13th century) building is in the form of a Latin cross, the chancel having an ambulatory but no apsidal chapels. The nave elevation has three horizontal divisions and there is an elegant triforium with late Gothic tracery. The vaulting in the nave and the transepts post-dates the sacking of the town by Burgundian troops in 1466. The front structure has two towers and a central part surmounted by a domed bell-tower. Monument classé par Arrêté des Secrétaires généraux (21-04-1941) Repris sur la liste du P. E. de Wallonie

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L’église Saint-Médard

The counts of Duras gave the church of St Médard to the Knights Hospitaller of St John of Jerusalem in about 1175. The present church, built in local sandstone and limestone, is Gothic. However, some lingering Romanesque influence is evident, both in the chancel, which has a semicircular apse and two-storey external elevation with low arched windows beneath an arcaded wall, and in the transepts, which open onto two apsidal chapels. Building work was completed in the early 14th century with the upper parts of the nave and tower. Only the vaulting in the aisles and apsidal chapels is original; the vaulting in the nave and transepts dates from 1759.  

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The church 'Notre-Dame'

The present early Gothic (13th century) building is in the form of a Latin cross, the chancel having an ambulatory but no apsidal chapels. The nave elevation has three horizontal divisions and there is an elegant triforium with late Gothic tracery. The vaulting in the nave and the transepts post-dates the sacking of the town by Burgundian troops in 1466. The front structure has two towers and a central part surmounted by a domed bell-tower. Listed building (21-04-1941) Listed as an exceptional heritage site of Wallonia

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Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Marché

Identifiable by its tower topped by an unusual twisted spire dating from the first half of the 17th century, Notre-Dame chapel, also known as the 'chapel of the Market', is situated in the Grand-Place, which was formerly the market square. Built within the walls in the 14th century thanks to the generosity of the town's Merchants and Tradesmen, the church is in local Gobertange stone. It consists of a four-level tower, a single nave with two rows of pews and a chancel with a polygonal apse. An entrance door in the Gothic style forms part of an ogival structure topped by a high window. Past this door and the west tower, the junction between it and the nave is marked by a pointed arch like the four windows that illuminate the nave, or the lanceted ones that adorn the chancel. The floor is chequerboard paved, with alternating Gobertange stone and Meuse limestone. Redeveloped, modified and enlarged on a number of occasions through to the 18th century - in particular after a fire in the 17th century - the chapel was restored in full during a process completed in 2011. The furnishings include a Baroque main altar, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, made in 1716 by Guillaume Castagne of Namur. The left-hand altar is dedicated to the Virgin, while the one on the right, dedicated to St Rita, was originally dedicated to St Roch, who received prayers as protector in times of epidemics. Finally, the chapel retains a remarkable monument, a cenotaph in bluestone, topped by the recumbent statues of Count Winand de Glymes and his wife, Michelle de Yedeghem, who died in the second half of the 17th century and, with the de l'Escaille family, represent important local lineages. Originally occupying the chancel, then the nave, the latter was relocated during the restoration in the annex replacing the sacristy. Monument listed on 24/12/1958

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The old Town Hall

  The old Town Hall, currently housing cultural associations and services, was not the first building in Jodoigne to occupy this function. A communal house was reported to be in poor condition in the second half of the 17th century. The current classic style building, known generally as the Hôtel des Libertés, dates from the first half of the 18th century, as shown on two date stones for 1733 and 1734. It came into being, in the same way as Comté castle or Pastur castle, situated in Rue du Château, as the result of a commission from the count of Romrée to the architect Verreucken, after the fire that occurred in the Grand-Place in 1710. The façade, as is the case with numerous other local buildings, is in Gobertange stone and the old Town Hall is accessed by steps with wrought iron railings. The main façade features two levels of five bays, clearly differentiated by the special treatment of the outer surface, sometimes with bosses, sometimes bonded. A triangular pediment with oval window stands out from the high roof. The building was restored by J. Clément between the two world wars. Building listed on 26/11/1973

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The ramparts

  Once ringed by tall ramparts very probably dating from the beginning of the 13th century, successively raised and then destroyed as the centuries went by, the town of Jodoigne now only has partial remnants left, albeit quite extensive ones. These walls give us an idea of the more or less triangular shape of the fortifications, which once had eight or nine towers and several gates. The walls enclosed the old primitive castle built on the site of the current Pastur castle, the Grand-Place or Place du Marché and the mediaeval town, in particular leaving outside the walls the church of Saint-Médard, which itself is an exceptional heritage site of Wallonia. The largest sections of the ramparts still preserved, located to the rear of n° 4 Rue Saint-Jean, include a semicircular tower and a relatively large portion of the walls. Other remnants of these fortifications built from various stone blocks and Gobertange stone meet to the rear of n° 13 Rue du Château, the rear of nos 1 to 11 Rue de la Grande Montagne and nos 8a, 9 et 10 Grand-Place (in the heart of the property of the Viscounty) as well as in Rue du Sergent Sortet at the rear of n° 25 or the old château Ghobert. Listed as a monument on 07/07/1976  

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The convent of the Sœurs Grises

  The establishment of the Sœurs Grises or Hospitalières of the Order of Saint-François in Jodoigne dates back to 1512, when the bishop of Liège, Érard de la Marck, gave them permission to take over a hospital that had been in place since the 14th century. In 1515, the bailiff of Wasseiges, Jacques de Glymes, had a convent building and chapel dedicated to St Nicolas built for them opposite the hospital and against the town walls. Abolished in 1798 as part of the event following the French Revolution, only a few vestiges of the convent, in the form of a bevelled base and traces of windows, are still visible in the car park on Rue du Sergent Sortet. The site of the convent buildings is current occupied by a 19th-century building that houses the former middle school of Jodoigne. Listed on 16/11/1982  

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The organ of Our Lady of the Assumption church

  Our Lady of the Assumption church, rebuilt in brick and sandstone in the second half of the 18th century, with the exception of the sandstone tower, which dates from the 13th century, stands in the heart of a walled cemetery. It houses an organ and Baroque organ case, both of exceptional quality. In 1785, it was bought from the priory of Val Saint-Martin in Leuven, abolished by Joseph II. At this time, the organ had probably been in the possession of the congregation for about a century without it being possible to retrace its origins clearly. While it cannot be attributed to any one organ-maker in particular, it can be recorded as being in the German school that can to set up in our area in the 17th century. Relatively small, but stretching vertically, the organ case features rich sculpted and gilded ornamentation.  Any modifications made to the instrument over time are limited to the ornamentation added at the end of the 18th century and the modifications made in the 19th century. However the originality of the instrument is not limited to its remarkable decoration, but also includes the technical characteristics that give a precise idea of the sound that should come from a small 17th-century organ of which only the main keyboard has been preserved. A fairly rare organ, it came to us in virtually original condition, enabling it to be restored, a process completed in 1996. Listed: 7-06-1990 Exceptional heritage site of Wallonia  

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PLACE DE L’ANGE

  Today’s configuration of the square is the result of a secular evolution.   Its main delineations were fixed from the 13th C. and have barely changed since.   The layout of the rues de Fer and de l’Ange were drawn over the tracks of an important axis into the town from the North which dates back to the Romans. These paths were fully established by the Middle Ages.   A market located on this axis has been mentioned since the 13th C. and seems to have been placed around a central “hall” which belonged to the Count of Namur. During the 13th C., the Count transferred the hall to the inside of the fortifications. Where the Place de l’Ange is today became a block of houses which were knocked down in 1935 when the square took on the appearance which it keeps today.   In 1740, a water pump mounted by the statue of an angel had already been installed. This is undoubtedly where the square derived its name from. It was replaced in 1791 by a new water pump erected by François- Joseph Denis, a sculptor. It has not been in use since 1924 after the lions’ muzzles were removed as well as the metallic arm which allowed the pump to work.   Classified since 1936 due to its historical, archaeological and artistic value, the water pump was renovated in 2011.   Tableau d’Albert Dandoy «  la Toussaint, marché de l’Ange »…see TH.Oger

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The Grognon

    At the confluence of the Meuse and the Sambre, the Grognon is the historic centre of Namur: ever since the Gallo-Roman period there have been dwellings and a market. Converted into a vast esplanade, the site now hosts major events in the Namur calendar, in particular the Fêtes de Wallonie. The Grognon earned its name from its appearance as it resembles a pig's snout (known as a 'grognon' in French).   From the Grognon, some of the most beautiful sites in Namur are visible, especially the old Hospice Saint-Gilles: a large Louis XIII and baroque red brick and limestone building. Originally a charitable institution for the destitute, the sick and orphans, it now houses the Walloon Parliament.   The Halle al’Chair (butchers’ hall) and the Maison de la Culture (cultural centre) face one another, offering a surprising architectural contrast. As the old butchers’ hall, the former is an excellent example of 16th C. civil architecture, while the cultural centre, inaugurated in 1964, is an emblematic example of the modernist trend.    The Grognon also offers an uninterrupted view of the Citadel, classed as an exceptional part of Wallonia’s heritage. As the residence of the counts of Namur from the 10th C, the fortress was repeatedly besieged by the greatest European powers throughout the course of history.

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Eglise Saint-Loup

  This church, admired by the poet Charles Baudelaire, is perhaps considered as one of the most beautiful 17th century Baroque buildings in Belgium. It is based on the church of Jesus in Rome. As it is situated in a narrow pedestrian street, one cannot distance oneself from it but even so the blue stone facade in three superimposed sequences can be admired. Inside it is the vault on powerful columns which attracts attention: a sumptuous sculpted décor in yellow and ochre stone, the tufa from around Maastricht. The church has been richly decorated over the centuries with an evident taste for coloured marble. In this way the Jesuits wanted to glorify God. Part of the furnishings has been removed and another part has either been restored or is in the process of being so. Thus the 10 confessionals which date from the 17th and 18th centuries have been brought back, some framed by chubby or rascally cherubs and others with plant patterns. Noteworthy also are the pulpit, communion table and baptismal fonts. The church remains a place of worship but is often a centre for concerts or exhibitions.

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Maison Batta

Built on the banks of the Meuse in the 16th and 17th centuries, this group of buildings makes up the former refuge of Val-Saint-Lambert abbey, which is said to have had such an establishment prior to 1235. The highest structure is also the oldest, featuring a house with an enclosed garden to one side. With its various openings altered on a number of occasions, this two-story building is built from brick and limestone on a bonded base. The first floor is topped by a moulded tufa band under a slate roof with extensively decorated Renaissance dormer windows. The wall on the side facing the road was rebuilt after the Second World War. The interior is enhanced by a stucco-decorated chapel. A return wing at right angles extends the house. This wing is on a single level and was backed by a high quadrangular structure a little later. There is a square tower at the join created by these two elements, complete with partial decorative tufa frieze, this time with extensively decorated gables with scrolls. The wing extending from the main house dates from the 17th century. Fairly similar to the older buildings, it features a porch that in former times led to the towpath and bridge that crossed the Meuse. This porch is flanked on the Meuse side by a quadrangular tower that supports a wall delineating an interior courtyard. Building listed on 12th November 1954        

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Paliseul

Paliseul is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Luxembourg. On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 112.96 km², had 5,055 inhabitants, giving a population density of 44.8 inhabitants per km².
The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Paliseul proper, Carlsbourg, Fays-les-Veneurs, Framont, Maissin, Nollevaux, Offagne, and Opont. Other population centers include: Beth, Bour, Merny, Our, and Plainevaux.

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Dinant

Dinant is wonderful to visit. Watch this video.

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Eglise Sainte-Marie-Madeleine

Sainte-Marie-Madeleine church

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Administration Communale de Wanze

This large farm estate, listed as a historic monument in Belgium, was built in three phases. The old courthouse, which was later converted into a dairy, dates from the Middle Ages. The stables were built between the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th centuries and the main buildings at the start of the 19th century. After changing hands many times, the farm was bought in 2008 by Wanze municipal council which carried out the refurbishments needed from 2010 to 2012 to reconvert it into a municipal building, an extension of the CPAS (where local residents can receive support relating to welfare issues). This purchase created a new space for administrative and social services, while protecting local heritage. A pellet-based heating system was installed, the cisterns were converted to collect rain water, the roofs were insulated and new fibre-cement slate roofing with integrated solar panels was added. In this way, the refurbishment works focused on making the buildings more sustainable.

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Sucrerie de Wanze

Wanze sugar refinery (Raffinerie Tirlemontoise SA) has stood on the banks of the Meuse since 1812. It was Europe’s largest sugar refinery at the end of the 19th century. Its storage silos are at the entrance to the municipality and, in the beet harvest season the entire local area is steeped in an unmistakable odour.

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Collégiale de Huy

It was consecrated to Notre-Dame, and started on 15 March 1311, by Prince-Evêque Thibaut de Bar. The choir was finished in 1377 and the entire structure was completed in 1536. The church is a harmonious marriage of 14th-century rayonnnant Gothic and 15th-century flamboyant Gothic. From the outside, the visitor’s eye is drawn to the enormous square-plan tower topped by a spire which burnt down in 1803. Two other towers stand alongside the choir. A large rose window, Li Rondia, was fitted with new stained glass panels by maître R. Julin (exterior diameter: 9m, interior diameter: 6 m). In the right lateral nave, a staircase leads to the church’s Romanesque crypt built by Théoduin de Bavière (1066). The central semi-circular apse is adorned with a large figure of Christ on the cross from the end of the 12th century.

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Fort de Huy

Huy Fort stands on the banks of the Meuse, dominating the town of Huy in the Province of Liège in Belgium. It was built on the site of the old Tchestia, one of the “four wonders” of Huy.

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De Citadel van Namen

The Citadel of Namur is located on a 100 meter high hill above the Walloon city of Namur. It lies in a strategic location at the location where the river Sambre flows into the Meuse. It is one of the largest castles in Europe. Probably this hill was already inhabited eight thousand years ago. The Romans also used this place as a fortress. The first stone ramparts date from the early Middle Ages. From the 10th century, the complex became the headquarters of the Counts of Namur. Up to 1429 a total of twenty-three graves will follow each other. In that year Philip the Good enters the area and Namur joins the Duchy of Burgundy.

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Leffe abbey

The Our Lady of Leffe Abbey is a Premonstratensian abbey in Leffe, a hamlet of the Belgian city of Dinant. Henry the blind, count of Namur, donated in 1152 the Church of our Lady of Leffe near Dinant to the Abbey of Floreffe, on condition that the Premonstratensians established a Priory there. The Foundation became a Namur enclave within the Principality of Liège. Three years later a new church was consecrated by the Bishop of Liège.

Mur de Huy

Mur de Huy

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Côte de Haut-Bois

Côte de Haut-Bois

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Côte d'Ereffe

Côte d'Ereffe

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Wijmingenstraat

Wijmingenstraat

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