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Rural heritage

Witness to the domestic life of yesteryear, laundries, fountains, vintages will tell you stories of the past.

Type of discoveries
Lorraine
  • Nobressart
Usoirs à Nobressart

Usoirs Nobressart

Rural heritage

Characteristic of Lorraine's villages, the usoirs give the village typology a very special character.

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.

Fagne-Famenne
  • Vierves-sur-Viroin

Old washhouse of Vierves-sur-Viroin

Rural heritage

Witnesses of domestic life in the past, the washhouses illustrate the functions linked to water in rural life in the past.

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.

Lorraine
  • Torgny

Washhouse of Torgny

Rural heritage

A testimony to the domestic life of the past.

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...

Lorraine
  • Torgny

The ‘vintages’ in Torgny

Rural heritage

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

Lorraine
  • Chassepierre

Passerelle du Breux Chassepierre

Rural heritage

On the ruins of the old tramway bridge that disappeared during the Second World War

Condroz
  • Chardeneux

Old Bridge Washhouse – Chardeneux

Rural heritage

Reminiscent of the time of the washerwomen along the Chardeneux stream.

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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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