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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
  • Laforêt

Washhouses and watering places in Laforêt

Rural heritage

Witnesses to domestic life in the past, the washhouses and drinking troughs illustrate the functions linked to water in rural life in the past.

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

Semois Valley

Sites

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

Fagne-Famenne
  • Barbençon

Circuit découverte – Barbençon

Outils de découverte

Plongez dans le patrimoine de Barbençon grâce au circuit découverte FR - NL - EN

Condroz
  • Thon-Samson

The Forge Castle – Thon-Samson

Castles and monumental heritage

An 18th century residence which evolved successively into a classical manor house and then into a residence inspired by Flanders, the neo-Romanesque and the exuberant Mosan villas.

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
  • Soiron

Soiron exploration route

Rural heritage

Land of Herve
  • Soiron

Audioguide – Soiron

Outils de découverte

Découvrez Soiron autrement grâce à l'audioguide FR

Hesbaye
  • Mélin
Ferme Fortemps à Mélin

Fortemps farm in Mélin

Castles and monumental heritage

A traditional farm on a courtyard, in the heart of the beautiful village of Mélin.

Fagne-Famenne
  • Vierves-sur-Viroin

Castle of the Counts of Hamal in Vierves-sur-Viroin

Castles and monumental heritage

Based on a fortress and a farm of medieval origin, the emblematic building spreads its slender silhouette across the landscape of Vierves-sur-Viroin - private property.

Condroz
  • Celles

Collegiate church of Saint-Hadelin in Celles

Churches and abbeys

Since the 11th century, the collegiate church has displayed its cascading limestone volumes in the heart of the village of Celles - an exceptional heritage of Wallonia.

Land of Herve
  • Limbourg

Andrimont Castle and the ‘Lower Gate’ of Limbourg

Castles and monumental heritage

From medieval fortifications to pleasure residence, it was burnt down by the German army. The entrance pavilions remind us of the vanished castle.

Ardennes
  • Laforêt
Ferme crépie ardennaise à Laforêt

Ardennes plastered farm in Laforêt

Traditional settlements

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

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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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