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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!

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)

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  • Montignies-sur-Roc

The ‘petite Honnelle’ Valley

Sites

Honnelles: one commune and two rivers

Pays de Herve
  • Soiron

Soiron thistle dryer

Traditional settlements

A symbol of the region's intense wool industry in the 19th century, it has brick facades pierced by numerous slits and marks the landscape with its singular silhouette.

Condroz
  • Sosoye

Villa Horta “Haute Bise” in Sosoye

Designed by Victor Horta, the adaptation of Art Nouveau to a rural context - private property

Condroz
  • Thon-Samson

Ruins of the Samson fortress

Castles and monumental heritage

On a rocky promontory overlooking the confluence of the Samson and the Meuse, the ancient fortress of Samson reveals the secrets of its former prestige through its rare remains - Listed site

Plateau limoneux hennuyer
  • Ragnies
Maison Mascart à Ragnies

“Château Mascart” or “Spanish House” in Ragnies

Traditional settlements

A traditional style tinged with baroque for this remarkable early 18th century building.

Condroz
  • Chardeneux

Former court of justice of Chardeneux

Traditional settlements

Buildings from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries with seigniorial origins and former court of justice.

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.

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.

Lorraine
  • Chassepierre

Old mill and Fairy hole in Chassepierre

Rural heritageTraditional settlements

An old mill and ancient galleries dug into the limestone rock as a place of residence for magical beings...

Pays de Herve
  • Olne
Cense de Froidbermont

Cense Seigneuriale of Froidbermont

Castles and monumental heritage

The residence of the barons of Olne de Froidbermont before the construction of Olne Castle

Hesbaye
  • Mélin

Hesserée farm Mélin

Castles and monumental heritage

With its long silhouette punctuated by its 15th century tower-porch, the Hesserée farm dominates the agricultural landscape that surrounds the locality.

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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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