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Castle of Jemeppe

The castle-farm of Jemeppe is an imposing medieval castle of which the keep, dating from mid 13th c., is set in a classic 17th c. ensemble. Its moats are f...

Hargimont (Marche-en-Famenne)
Listed site of the Monument

On the edge of town, a large path laid out in the late 16th c. and bordered with linden trees leads to the chapel of the Holy Trinity. Several of these tre...

Marche-en-Famenne
March, the charm in Famenne

The borough of Marche-en-Famenne spreads to the north, to the limits of the Famenne depression, and to the south, to the edge of the Ardenne forest. A tota...

Marche-en-Famenne
Waha Church and stained-glass windows from Jean-Michel Folon

This remarkable Romanesque church (1050), listed as Major Walloon Heritage, is surrounded by its ancient cemetery and fronted by an age-old linden tree und...

Waha (Marche-en-Famenne)
Village Waha

The high plateau situated on the edges of the Labori woods on the heights of the village offers a superb view of the Famenne and Condroz woods, the first ...

Waha (Marche-en-Famenne)
Stained-glass windows from the Saint-Etienne church of Waha designed by Jean-Michel Folon

Jean-Michel Folon passed away in October 2005, but left behind him numerous witnesses of his talent such as the magificient stained-glass windows he design...

Waha (Marche-en-Famenne)
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...

Aye (Marche-en-Famenne)
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...

Hargimont (Marche-en-Famenne)
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 ...

Humain (Marche-en-Famenne)
St. Remacle church

This remarkable listed stone building is in flamboyant Gothic style. It has undergone many transformations following the fires of 1615 and 1806 that partia...

Marche-en-Famenne
From the station on the line Liège - Marloie

On foot or bike, go to the discovery of this ancient medieval defensive walls which were dismantled under Louis XIV and city milestone in Brussels and Luxe...

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Manor house of Aye

The Manor, with its traditional architecture (private property) dates from 1699-1700 and is composed of a vast main building surrounded by outbuildings. Af...

Aye (Marche-en-Famenne)
Casle-farm

The Aye Castle-farm (private property) is a quadrangular house of traditional style and was built between 1672 and 1678. In olden times, the main building ...

Aye (Marche-en-Famenne)
Old church Saint Ignacio

The church is now a pretty hôtel called "Quartier latin".

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'Juniesse' Tower ('EDEN' site)

Many 15th to 18th century houses or stately homes in the town centre (pedestrian), including the local Tourist Office situated in what was a small drinking...

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Village of On

This village is implanted on the southern slope of the valley of the Wamme. The proximity of the railway and the Gerny plateau on the heights has permitted...

On (Marche-en-Famenne)
Village of Roy

Roy is located on the edge of the borough of Marche at the limit of the Famenne and the Ardenne. It consists mainly of houses and farmhouses in sandstone a...

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Site of the Vieille Cense

The site of the Vieille Cense is a remarkable architectural ensemble listed in 1988 that reflects, for the oldest parts, the successive phases of developme...

Marloie (Marche-en-Famenne)
Village of Marloie

Marloie developed strongly in the 19th c. thanks to the junction of the Brussels-Arlon railway line and the Ourthe line. Today, the Marloie railway station...

Marloie (Marche-en-Famenne)
Village of Grimbiémont

Located on a southern slope in a hilly landscape, this village is crossed by the Hédrée and has, it is said, a privileged climate. It has also a few beau...

Grimbiémont (Marche-en-Famenne)
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 remembranc...

Verdenne (Marche-en-Famenne)
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, Grande Namurois...

Champlon-Famenne (Marche-en-Famenne)
Saint-Séverin church

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...

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The "Aye Lady", work of Jean-Marc Bois known as Siob, has pride of place.This bluestone sculpture, made in 1998, represents a woman "in the wind" that give...

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The mural painting called "A Mon les Godis", created in 2000 by the artist Pierre Fromont, is certainly worth a look. By the way, the Aye villagers are nic...

Aye (Marche-en-Famenne)
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 antennae studying the va...

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"Loin" (far) by Jean-Michel FOLON (2002)

Work in bronze representing the silhouette of a man both outside the world and fully in it; a person outside time who looks into the distance, into space, ...

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"Li p'tit chufleu" (The little whistler) by Louis NOËL (1996)

Bronze sculpture unveiled on the occasion of the celebration of the French Community in September 1996. A kid, hands in pockets, is whistling. He has one b...

Marche-en-Famenne
"Le Grand Georges" by Christian LEROY (1988)

This bronze work recalls the activity of the last Marche bell-ringer, Georges Peret ('Le Grand Georges', that means Big Georges). This person, who died in ...

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"Plénitude" (fullness) or "De rond, point!" by Serge GANGOLF (1999)

This sculpture is made from welded sheets of stainless steel. The work refines the roundabout which it adorns. It takes the idea of the Circle in three dim...

Marche-en-Famenne
"Castaldie" by Louis NOËL (1993)

This cast bronze sculpture greets visitors entering the city. It represents a woman, with head and arms raised, holding a dove. Her right knee is bent and ...

Marche-en-Famenne
"Spirale de pétale" (spiral of petal) by Jozia GOZDZ (2001)

Abstract sculpture made of limestone from the Fond des Vaulx quarries at Wellin (weight of 2500 kg). Jozia GOZDZ was born in 1950. Artist from Liège, ...

Marche-en-Famenne
"Charme en bleu" (charm in blue) by Jozia GOZDZ (2003)

Block of limestone from the Fond des Vaulx quarries at Wellin. Two openings through which water runs in rainy weather. The artist added her feminine touch ...

Marche-en-Famenne
"Gugusse" by Jean CULOT (2002)

This bronze sculpture was made from a drawing by Bernard Paquot, inhabitant of Waha. The sculptor, Jean Culot, lives in Baillonville. The statue is bigger ...

Marche-en-Famenne
"Jo, le pingouin" (Jo, the auk) van Marc VAN KRINKELVELDT(2004)

"Jo, le pingouin du volcan" (Le Hangouis) is a bronze sculpture that represents a surreal auk who seems mock lovers of old stones.

Marche-en-Famenne
"Instant d'amour" (Instant of love) by Hélène JACUBOWITZ (2005)

Bronze sculpture presented by the artist as an 'instant of love'. Hélène Jacubowitz was born in 1952 in Antwerp. She received her education in an arti...

Marche-en-Famenne
"Voiles" (sails) by Thierry BONTRIDDER (2002)

Stainless steel sculpture.

Marche-en-Famenne
"Les Masques" (The masks) made by 12 STUDENTS OF THE INSTITUT SAINT-ROCH (2003)

Sculpture made up of 5 faces. This sculpture was made by 12 students from the 5th and 6th year vocational metalwork classes of the Saint-Roch Institute in ...

Marche-en-Famenne
"Jeu de Naïades" (Naiads game) by Jean-Marc BOIS known as SIOB (1997)

This blue limestone sculpture, streaked and speckled, is placed in the centre of a fountain in limestone masonry and represents two naiads arguing over a b...

Marche-en-Famenne
"Sortie en Ville" (Out in town) by Philippe GERITS (2002)

Granite sculpture created by Philippe Gerits (called "Gerphi"), begun in 2002 and unfinished since 2005.

Marche-en-Famenne
"La portée de musique (The musical stave) by André PIRLOT (1978)

Sculpture of Andre Pirlot (1978) located on the lawn of the Arts center and Sporting (inaugurated in 1982). The sculpture consists of a stack of small geom...

Marche-en-Famenne
"Trompe l'œil" or "Porte ouverte" (Open door) by Pierre FROMONT (1994)

This mural trompe l'œil painting was carried out in acrylic painting by Pierre Fromont in 1994, on the wall of a house located Rue des Fours. It represent...

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"L'enfant et l'âne" (the child and the donkey) by Louis NOËL (1995)

A child rides a donkey. The donkey is shying and the child is attempting to get off the animal's back. Both of them have a stubborn look on their faces. Th...

On (Marche-en-Famenne)
Saint-Laurent church

The Saint-Laurent church dates back to 1874-1875.

On (Marche-en-Famenne)
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Sainte-Barbe church

The Sainte-Barbe church, dated 1886, is of neo-Gothic style.

Roy (Marche-en-Famenne)
Moreau's ancient farm

This half-timbered farm has been built in the 17th c. and transformed in the 19th c. It's listed since 1984.

Waha (Marche-en-Famenne)
Water mil of the Hedrée

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Pierre Saint-Hubert (St-Hubert Stone)

The Pierre Saint-Hubert (St-Hubert Stone) is a lying limestone monolith resembling a rough stone, located more or less on the spot of the old limits betwee...

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To begin with it involved making a stone opened into two parts. Finally, the stylised flower asserted itself, offering a central bud protected by two petal...

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"Moine des Blancs Curés" (White Monk) by Jozia GOZDZ (2006)

The remarkable Romanesque Saint-Étienne church of Waha (1050) , listed as Major Walloon Heritage, is surrounded by its ancient cemetery and fronted by an ...

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Water mill

Grimbiémont has an ancient remarkably restored water mill well visible from the road (private property).

Grimbiémont (Marche-en-Famenne)
Saint-Remacle church

Perched on its hill, the Saint-Remacle church, built in brick and bluestone in 1872, houses contemporary neo-Gothic furniture.

Grimbiémont (Marche-en-Famenne)
Verdenne Castle

An arboretum containing a collection of some 150 species of maple trees surrounds the vast castle of Verdenne, dated 1860 (private property).

Verdenne (Marche-en-Famenne)
Saint-Hubert chapel

The Saint-Hubert chapel, neo-Romanesque edifice in limestone ans sandstone dated 1857, had to be restored after 1944.

Verdenne (Marche-en-Famenne)
Half-timbered listed farmhouse

Famenne farmhouse (in typical half-timbered) listed in 1991.

Champlon-Famenne (Marche-en-Famenne)
Saint-Pierre church

The Saint-Pierre church was rebuilt between 1873 and 1875.

Champlon-Famenne (Marche-en-Famenne)
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