Sclayn
Sclayn A seigniorial land in the county of Namur under the Ancien Régime, its remarkable church of Saint-Maurice, on the edge of the Nationale 90, was once a collegiate church, the seat of a chapter founded in 1106 by Emperor Henri IV, which existed until 1797. This Romanesque building (in Ionic style on the façade) has many beautiful black marble tombstones from the 14th century and, in the choir, beautiful sculpted stalls, in the Renaissance tradition. Opposite, the beautiful presbytery made of limestone rubble stone is a medieval construction. Along the main road, you will see "La Villette", a type of workers' housing estate from the end of the nineteenth century. Among the outstanding sights is the "SCLADINA" cave. Internationally renowned, this permanent excavation site has seen the discovery of some of the most important Neanderthal bones in recent years. To discover the whole Andenne region: anden001
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St. Anne's Church
In addition to the fact that the church of Sint-Anna-Pede is in the painting 'The parable of the blind' by Pieter Bruegel, there is an extra curious link between this church and the same painting. In the choir of this church you can see a tombstone of Gielis Waleijns de Casselere. He died on 25 July 1568. And that happens to be the same year that Bruegel made this painting. In addition, the farm depicted to the left of the church is the farm of the same man, known as the Casseleers farm.
We assume that Bruegel travelled from Brussels to the Pajottenland in his time and recorded rural life in drawings and paintings. For example, the St. Anne's Chapel on The Parable of the Blind (1568) is clearly recognizable. This church is therefore an excellent starting point for the contemporary art and landscape trail. The principles underlying the artistic and spatial interventions along the route are explained in depth and thematically in the St. Anne's Chapel. You will find (art) historical interpretation and discover current connections with the theme of the '(re)constructed landscape'. It also discusses the centuries-long relationship between urban and rural areas. Scenography: Aslı Çiçek
Author: MIT DEN AUGEN BRUEGELS: Rekonstruktion der Landschaft
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Wambeek
In Wambeek you will find a lot of links to Pol De Mont. For example, the streets around the church are named after him and there is also a Pol De Mont hiking trail. Pol De Mont or Charles Polydore de Mont was a Flemish writer and poet who was born in Wambeek. Together with Albrecht Rodenbach, he founded Het Pennoen. In 1880 his collection of poems, which won the Quinquennial State Prize for Flemish Literature, was published. In 1904 he was appointed curator of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp. A year later he was one of the founders of the magazine De Vlaamse Gids. In 1919 he resigned as curator after being accused of activism in the press. He became editor-in-chief of the pro-Flemish newspaper De Schelde. Some of his collaborators there were Paul van Ostaijen and Alice Nahon.
Author: Dromos
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The Scladina cave
Discovered in 1971 in the heart of a small valley joining the Meuse, the Scladina caves have been excavated since 1978. In fact, the almost 7 metres of sediment that fill the caves provide an outstanding archaeological and scientific opportunity, making it possible to retrace the history of the climate over 100,000 years, as well as the prehistoric fauna through the several hundred thousand bones discovered here. The presence of man has also come to light, ranging from the Neanderthal to the Neolithic, thanks to the archaeological material found, but also from the discovery of clearly identifiable bones.  The sediment contains tools made in the middle Palaeolithic age (from approximately 300,000 to 35,000 years BC, the period of Neanderthal Man) or upper and final Palaeolithic age (from approximately 35,000 to approximately 8,500 years BC, the beginning of which period marks the arrival of modern man in our region). The most recent occupation at the site takes the form of a collective burial ground from the Neolithic period. However, the major discovery at the site – of international significance – dates from 1993, or almost a century after the last Neanderthal bones discovered.  This discovery consists of twenty or so dispersed bone fragments from a child's jaw.  The good state of preservation of the bony remains of this child no older than ten, who lived 100,000 years ago has enabled scientists to determine the child's diet through laboratory analyses. As a result, the study made possible by the long stratigraphic succession preserved at Scladina enables us to understand how people lived and behaved (transport of raw materials, specialisation of the tooling they used, hunting, etc.) in the heart of their environment. Listed: 19-04-1996 Exceptional heritage site of Wallonia
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Le château d’Hodoumont
Situated to the south of the village, the château d’Hodoumont was formerly a part of the domain of Goesnes. The castle consists of a seigniorial dwelling and a fortified farm. Today, it is part of wonderful estate parkland featuring lakes linked by a canal adorned by two pyramidions, an arbour, avenues of lime and beech trees. Originally defended by moats, the castle was developed at the beginning of the 17th century from a mediaeval keep. It was converted into a leisure residence at the end of the 18th century The castle keep is a high and powerful rectangular tower rising to four levels. Still visible is the barrel vaulting of the cellar and ground floor. On the south side, there is also a gatehouse. The window openings date mainly from the 18th century. The roof, which was rebuilt in the 19th century, is supported by a corbelled cornice in quarter-round from the 17th century. The castle has three circular corner towers topped by octagonal spires with small domes (NW towers) or a polygonal furred roof with a lookout tower (SE tower). The main façade, which is double-fronted, rises to two levels and has five bays. It features windows with window bars and straight lintels. The bâtière slate roof has hipped dormer windows. Listed: 31-03-1983 Exceptional heritage site of Wallonia
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Defrenne mill
Fully restored in 1990, Defrenne mill is the last circular and battered windmill in the province of Namur. Built from whitewashed brick with a bell-shaped roof in 1830 by the Defrenne family, which still owns the mill today, it has a door and windows with straight lintels. The sails of the mill were replaced after a fire in 1903 by reused components brought in from Campine.  The mill bears exceptional witness to the use of wind power in our region. Note that it was driven subsequently by a steam engine, then was both gas-powered and operated by electricity. Originally, the sails driven by the wind would have activated the grinding mechanism through a system of timber pulleys and circular grinding stones that turned the wheat into flour. Listed: 17-10-1962 Exceptional heritage site of Wallonia (mill)
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Tramsite Schepdaal
The cradle of public transport!
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Author: MIT DEN AUGEN BRUEGELS: Rekonstruktion der Landschaft
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Ghelamco Arena
Gent - Lierse on May 3, 2014.
Author: 'O-O'
Football Stadium

Bambrugge
Bambrugge is a sub-municipality of Erpe-Mere in Flanders. It is located on the Molenbeek in the Denderstreek, southeast of East Flanders and belongs to the Arrondissement of Aalst. It is bordered by the sub-municipalities of Vlekkem, Ottergem, Mere, Aaigem and Burst and the municipality of Sint-Lievens-Houtem . Bambrugge has 1575 inhabitants as of 1 January 2003 and has an area of 2.89 km. The population density is 545 inhabitants / km ². Bambrugge has also a hamlet: Egem.
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Castle of Moriensart
The castle farm of Moriensart is located in the village of Céroux-Mousty in the municipality of Louvain-la-Neuve in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. It is a castle whose origins date back to the first half of the 13th century.
The originally mighty Romanesque keep was built by Arnould I of Limal in 1220. In 1511 the tower became the property of the Ferry family, later in the same century of the Le Vasseur family.
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Parish Church of St.-Onkomena
Did you know that in September 1914 all men aged 16 and older were locked up by the German army in the church of Bavegem and had to spend the night there? This is stated in the report of the then pastor of Bavegem: "... Daily processions were stopped on 7th September 1914, on the day on which the German army arrived in Baevegem with 300 men. It was also on the night of September 7 to 8 that all the men of 16 years of age were shut up in the church with the spiritual and secular authorities; but it is needless to add that when this order was circulated in the parish, the greater part fled to the neighboring congregations, so that only about a hundred spent the night in the church. The prisoners were released the next day in the morning and were allowed to return home unharmed."
Author: Dromos
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Bavegem
Bavegem also got its share of the war in WWI. This is the report of the then pastor Baert: "In 1916, twenty-two were sent to Germany for the requisition of the workmen, and at the beginning of 1918 more than a hundred were sent to the western front, in the suide of the province of West Flanders: there a workman, namely Hendrik de Beir, died in the hospital in Deinze." "It should not be said that many farmers were punished with large and small fines and many civilians suffered many extortions: the German court martial is therefore well known." "There were 58 soldiers, but not one volunteered to volunteer: five died or died in the hospitals; One soldier has lost his right arm and another is staying in an insane asylum."
Author: Dromos

Bunker A35
A35 The cluster of bunkers are connected by a courtine consisting of three lines, the first line of which is the A-line with 46 bunkers. The D-line is located 500 to 600 meters behind the A-line. Finally, the B-line is 800 to 1600 meters behind the A-line. The bunker was provided for the installation of Maximmitrailleurs. He was also equipped to deploy Hotchkiss or Coltmitrailleurs. It is a two-chamber bunker with a sas. Presumably he had a gable roof with thank-you tiles In terms of camouflage, the bunker fitted in seamlessly with the existing farm.
Author: Toerisme Oosterzele
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Wellington museum
After the Battle of Quatre-Bras, Wellington established his headquarters in the Auberge Bodenghien, in the center of the village of Waterloo, from June 17 to 19, 1815. It was there that he drafted his victory bulletin and named the battle Waterloo. To the detriment of Mont-Saint-Jean, Plancenoit, or La Belle-Alliance, as some other parties had preferred. But even Napoleon referred to the battles of June 18, 1815, as Waterloo, thereby granting the small village, which it was at the time, in the shadow of the Sonian Forest, a universal aura. Since then, this large building from 1705 has housed a remarkable museum that evokes the different stages of the battles per participating army, as well as the consequences of the battle for the history of Europe and the world. Moreover, there is a hall dedicated to the 124 other places named Waterloo, scattered around the globe. They were usually founded by demobilized English veterans who had received a patch of land in the colonies and wished to immortalize the name of their last glorious battle. Thus, you can find places named Waterloo in Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Germany, Ukraine, Sierra Leone, South Africa, the United States, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, in Antarctica, and even in a corner of French Brittany.
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Trieux des Mines
Trieux des Mines: a street name as a reminder of the past A monument, memorial stone or street name is a social and historical document that provides primary information about a personality or an event, about their past, that of their municipality and of their region. It reflects the opinions and values defended by a society, a group, a municipality, a country in a certain era. It fulfils a desire to pass on and commemorate. Furthermore, it provides a useful aid to any person who wishes to understand history starting from a concrete piece of reality, on the subject of which they will ponder and formulate hypotheses... It is not unusual, during a walk around Namur, to find a street sign bearing the inscription "Military Way" or the name "Fort ... Street". These roads are found on the land acquired or expropriated by Belgian National Defence during the construction of the forts and served no other purpose than to facilitate the links between the structures. All these names (Fort Cognelée Street, Military Way, Trieux des Mines Street) therefore have a direct link with the presence of the nearby forts.
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cemetery of Wambeek
We don't have large soldiers' cemeteries. But scattered like crumbs across our resting places are soldiers who sharpen the local details in world history.
Abandoned by his regiment, in the shadow of the church of Wambeek lies the English soldier Brown. This soldier died just after the end of the First World War from the wounds he had sustained in Arras. As a prisoner of war he was taken by the German troops and housed in the monastery of the Stenebrugstraat until he died there.
Author: ZENDER
Cemetery

Abbey of Drongen
In the Middle Ages, legend circulates that the abbey was founded in the 7th century. There are two versions of this founding legend. According to one, the abbey was built by one Basinus, king of Basotes, the other legend shows the abbey going back to St. Amandus of Ghent. At that time, he founded the Sint-Baafs- and Sint-Pietersabdij in Ghent. The first clergy were secular canons (choirmasters). The Normans destroyed the abbey, but under Baldwin II the Bald, Count of Flanders and Lord of Drongen, it was refounded.
Author: Windekind
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Our Lady of Assistance Chapel
Our Lady of Assistance Chapel (Corner of Hoge Ellesem) dates back to 1736. The chapel is flanked by lime trees.
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Linden
Framassons held meetings at the linden tree in Bavegem. Among them were even men and women from Dendermonde. A man from Wannezele bought a cow at the market of Dendermonde. The cattle dealer's wife said to him that she had often been in Wannezele at night, but that she was now happily relieved of it. When the man asked what they came to do there, the woman replied that they first flew with music to the Dikke Linde in Bavegem and from there to the 'bischbischbaantje' (?) in Wannegem. The woman admitted that she had been with the framassons at the time and should have signed something with her own blood. She had been freed from these practices by the white fathers of Dendermonde.
(Source: www.volksverhalenbank.be)
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Filip Dujardin - Panorama
Photographer Filip Dujardin exhibits a panorama in the church of Sint-Anna, consisting of photographs of the Pajotten landscape. In so doing, Filip Dujardin creates a fictional landscape, just like Bruegel did by bringing together elements from different landscapes in one painting.
Author: MIT DEN AUGEN BRUEGELS: Rekonstruktion der Landschaft
Arts Centre

Station Drongen
Drongen is a junction of important traffic arteries: the E40 motorway, the R4, the national road 466, the ring canal around Ghent and the 50A Brussels-Ostend railway line. This railway was built as early as 1832. Dozens of trains for passenger transport pass here every day. The busy freight transport to the port of Zeebrugge also finds its way along here. On both middle tracks, the commercial speed is increased to 200 km/h. Both outer tracks are reserved for freight transport and local trains. These works will create unprecedented opportunities for freight transport. As a result of these works, the old station building was demolished at the end of 2010.
Author: Pasar Drongen
Trainstation

Route d'Ohain
RouteYou Climb Code : E_1_c
Length : 0.38 km
Ascent : 35 m
Average grade : 9 m / 100 m - 9.07 %
Maximal grade : 10.57 %
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Côte de Haut-Bois
RouteYou Climb Code : D_3_c
Length : 1.31 km
Ascent : 91 m
Average grade : 6 m / 100 m - 6.07 %
Maximal grade : 14.02 %
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Church of Sant Martí - Petithan
Located on Rue du vieux curé, this church dates from the 17th century.
It is dedicated to Saint Martin.
Martin (Latin: Martinus) of Tours (Szombathely (Savarien), ca. 316 – Candes, 8 November 397), often called Saint Martin, was bishop of the city of Tours and an important founder of Catholic Christianity in Gaul Lia He was also one of the most popular saints of the Middle Ages because he continued to lead a simple life despite his eminent position. His feast day is November 11th, the day of his funeral.
Author: Willem Vandenameele
Church

The Vierhoekhoeve
There is a lot to experience at De Vierhoekhoeve : from farm classes for children, farm holidays and parties, family celebrations to day trips ... The rural tranquility, the walking path around the farm, the direct contact with the animals and the fun playground where children can enjoy themselves freely are the greatest assets. Numerous other farm activities - such as a ride on the farm bus - can also make your party unique and unforgettable. In the party and meeting room you have a direct view of the stables and the activities of the dairy farm!
Author: Toerisme Oosterzele
Petting Farm

Eglise Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel - Strud
At the tip of the spur occupied by the cemetery is a Romanesque church of sand and limestone rubble dating from about 1100.
The building, which dominates the village , originally consisted of a tower, three naves of three bays and a chancel, probably with a flat chevet. In 1891 it was extended in the same style and a projecting chapel and sacristies were added . The four-storey tower with its steep slope was topped with an octagonal spire in the 17th century and is a landmark in the landscape.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel is one of several names of the Virgin Mary. Her name comes from Mount Carmel in Israel , a name derived from Carmel or Al-Karem, which could be translated as garden . There are today all over the world religious orders of Carmelites , both male and female, dedicated to this Marian figure.
The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is intended to recall a great grace that Mary bestowed upon the Order of Mount Carmel and through her upon the entire Church. On the night of July 16, Simon Stock asked with particular fervor for the protection of the Blessed Virgin over his institute. At dawn Mary appeared to him, accompanied by a host of angels, surrounded by light and dressed in the habit of Carmel.
Her face smiled; in her hands she held the scapular of the Order. She imposed it on herself before the saint, saying: "This is a privilege for you and for all the Carmelites. Whoever dies wearing this habit will not undergo eternal fire.
Author: Willem Vandenameele

Former Studio Katy
Here was the legendary Studio Katy. It was a recording studio built by Marc Aryan. Many big hits were recorded in this infamous Studio Katy, including Marvin Gaye 's 'Sexual Healing'. But also 'Baltimore' by Nina Simone . But the list is endless of celebrities who were shot here. Toots Thielmans, Will Tura, Adamo, Jo Lemaire, Johan Verminnen, Patrick Hernandez,...
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Church of Our Lady of Mousty Ottignies-LouvainLaNeuve
Notre-Dame De Mousty Church
The Notre-Dame de Mousty church was perhaps built on the site (or nearby) of a Gallo-Roman villa. The building is a Romanesque-style church from the 11th century. The church was likely dependent on a small chapter of canons from the 11th to the 13th century. The etymology of the place – Mousty (Moustiers in 1230) is indeed derived from the Latin monasterium – may be a trace of this, but this word could simply refer to places of worship, without a religious community being associated with it.
The Romanesque part consists of rubble gathered in opus incertum, including pieces of tiles and bricks that likely come from a Gallo-Roman villa. It is decorated with a large blind arcade, which has two semi-circular arches at the base, pierced with a small curved window (restored) that illuminates the crypt.
Author: Thierry!

Seventeen bridges railway viaduct
Author: Pascal Brackman
Bridge

The Old Abbey
Cycling reporter Wouter Deboot at De Oude Abdij, located on the Leie in Drongen, has a history that dates back to the seventh century. The abbey complex is protected as a monument.
Author: Mediahuis België
Abbey

Drongen - Durbuy