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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!

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.

Fagne-Famenne
  • Ny

Half-timbered houses Ny

Traditional settlements

In the village of Ny, there are qualitative examples of buildings with half-timbered facades or gables.

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.

Hennuyer silty plateau
  • Ragnies
Eglise Saint-Martin à Ragnies

Church of Saint-Martin – Ragnies

Churches and abbeys

A blend of Romanesque and Gothic for this church which boasts authentic Baroque stalls similar to those in Cockayne Church in England - a listed monument.

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.

Ardennes
  • Our
L'ancienne seigneurie des Abbyes à Beth

Castle of the Abbeys in Beth

Castles and monumental heritage

From feudal castle to monastery (outside the village - 1 km).

Condroz
  • Sosoye

Maredsous Abbey

Churches and abbeys

A prestigious monastery from which emanates plenitude, tranquillity and absoluteness. An architectural ensemble of great beauty to which one cannot remain indifferent... (Outside the village - 3 km).

Condroz
  • Chardeneux

Chapel of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in Chardeneux

Churches and abbeys

From its square, open to the landscape, the traditional buildings of the village flow out - Listed monument.

Land of Herve
  • Soiron

Old linen factories Soiron

Traditional settlements

Vintage "1738", a narrow and slender silhouette, adorned with a palette of materials drawn from the immediate environment to fit in with the village building context.

Fagne-Famenne
  • Soulme

Old Soulme quarries

Sites

A reminder of times gone by, the extraction of limestone and then red marble marked a prosperous period for the locality.

Land of Herve
  • Olne

Old nail factory in Olne

Traditional settlements

Reminiscence of an old village activity.

Condroz
  • Thon-Samson

Samson Valley

Sites

Picturesque valley and site of great biological interest "Natura 2000".

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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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