Traditional houses of the Fagne-Famenne region

The houses in the village, which are typical of the housing in the Fagnes-Famenne region, are so similar that they seem to belong together. This homogeneity is due to the functional character of the buildings, which had an essentially agricultural vocation, but also to their similar construction period, mainly in the second half of the 19th century. The volumes, quite imposing and generally in one block, are dressed in limestone rubble, sandstone, old half-timbering, brick and slate, in a wide range of colours.

The layout of the dwellings, in terraced sequences, results in a succession of front doors in a continuous relationship with the street. Set back slightly from the road, this configuration defines a space open to the public space and free of private use. Known as a “usoir”, it was used for the storage of agricultural equipment and for storing wood or manure.

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