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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!

Lorraine
  • Chassepierre
Abbaye d'Orval

Orval Abbey

Churches and abbeys

Centuries of history have enamelled the Notre-Dame d'Orval Abbey - Exceptional heritage of Wallonia (Outside the village - 13 km)

Land of 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.

Fagne-Famenne
  • Vierves-sur-Viroin

Mausoleum of Vierves-dur-Viroin

Rural heritage

A marked volume covered by a copper dome, a place of choice for a final resting place in the cemetery of Vierves-sur-Viroin.

Hennuyer silty plateau
  • Montignies-sur-Roc

Jospein Farm – Montignies-sur-Roc

Castles and monumental heritage

Dating back to 1686, the Jospein farmhouse is built around a farmyard with its dwellings, outbuildings and other traditional volumes.

Ardennes
  • Mirwart
Bâtisses à pans de bois Mirwart

Half-timbered houses in Mirwart

Traditional settlements

Some of the traditional houses in Mirwart still proudly bear witness to an old building technique.

Ardennes
  • Laforêt
Le Tombeau du Géant - Vallée de la Semois

Semois Valley

Sites

Deep meanders and perched villages characterise this famous and picturesque valley.

Lorraine
  • Torgny

Pink farm in Torgny

Traditional settlements

A string of traditional volumes all dressed in pink - Listed monument.

Hennuyer silty plateau
  • Montignies-sur-Roc

The “Caillou-qui-bique”

Sites

In the heart of the woods, a rocky escarpment several million years old! (Outside the village - 5 km)

Lorraine
  • Nobressart

The vicinal tram of Nobressart

Rural heritage

From 1885 onwards, the "chemins de fer vicinaux" were used to boost economic activity throughout the country.

Fagne-Famenne
  • Barbençon
Ferme La Perruque à Barbençon

“La Perruque” Farm Barbençon

Castles and monumental heritage

A 17th century enclosed farmhouse with traditional volumes - listed monument.

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.

Lorraine
  • Torgny

The ‘vintages’ in Torgny

Rural heritage

To assert one's personality and protect one's home.

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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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