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Our villages vary between rural heritage, classified monuments and remarkable sites. Whether castles, farms, churches or abbeys, traditional buildings, rural or natural heritage, discover the must-see Most Beautiful Villages of Wallonia!

Ardenne
  • Laforêt
Ferme crépie ardennaise à Laforêt

Ardennes plastered farm in Laforêt

Traditional settlements

Textures, materials and traditional volumetry characterise this old Ardennes farmhouse.

Condroz
  • Falaën

Ferme de la Bruyère in Falaën

Castles and monumental heritage

A traditional 18th and 19th century farm with limestone buildings surrounding a central courtyard.

Plateau limoneux hennuyer
  • Ragnies

Hanging Gardens of Thuin

Sites

Successively fortified terraces, vegetable gardens and, nowadays, terraced gardens to be discovered during an original walk - Exceptional heritage of Wallonia (Outside the village - 5 km)

Condroz
  • Celles

Saint-Hadelin Hermitage and Stations of the Cross in Celles

Churches and abbeys

A 19th century neo-Romanesque building as a promontory above the village of Celles.

Condroz
  • Sosoye

Former Baudart Brewery

Traditional settlements

Evidence of the village's brewing activity since 1847.

Hesbaye
  • Mélin
Presbytère de Mélin

Presbytery of Mélin

Churches and abbeys

A former vicarage dating from 1729, with an elegant volume skilfully enlivened by details in Gobertange stone.

Ardenne
  • Mirwart

Cooler – Mirwart

Sites

In the heart of the state forest, a vast cavity dug around 1860 to store foodstuffs, preserved thanks to the ice cut from the nearby pond in winter.

Condroz
  • Falaën

Old brewery in Falaën

Traditional settlements

A brewery that used to be supplied with water by the Brou, a small, partly arched stream that flowed nearby.

Lorraine
  • Clermont-sur-Berwinne

Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur church in Clermont-sur-Berwinne

Churches and abbeys

With its back to the Place de la Halle, the silhouette of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur church dominates the town and the countryside below

Condroz
  • Sosoye
Eglise Notre-Dame et Montagne de Ranzinelle à Sosoye

Ranzinelle Mountain

Sites

Its steep limestone slopes, shaped over the centuries by man and extensive grazing, are today a jewel in our natural heritage - listed site.

Pays de Herve
  • Olne

Patrician houses in Olne

Traditional settlements

Facades inspired by urban mansions, a symbol of economic growth and success for the Olne bourgeoisie of the 18th century.

Fagne-Famenne
  • Sohier

Sohier Castle

Castles and monumental heritage

On the foundations of a keep dating from 1616, this pleasant pleasure castle is set in the middle of a richly wooded landscape - privately owned.

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The association Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie (The Most Beautiful Villages of Wallonia) oversees a network of 32 villages, bearers of a strong territorial identity and reflecting traditional architecture. It is committed to promoting the rural, cultural and natural heritage of Wallonia and is a part of the development of local and responsible tourism.

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