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Traditional settlements

Characteristic of a region, a village, discover the traditional village settlements and the elements of rural heritage which comprise them.

Type of discoveries
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
Maison Mascart à Ragnies

“Château Mascart” or “Spanish House” in Ragnies

Traditional settlements

A traditional style tinged with baroque for this remarkable early 18th century building.

Fagne-Famenne
  • Wéris

Old fortified house of Wéris

Traditional settlements

An ancient fortified house, a witness to the medieval past of the village, which became a presbytery and a large residence with a proven heritage value.

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.

Lorraine
  • Nobressart
Ancien moulin impérial

Old imperial mill in Nobressart

Traditional settlements

Vintage "1776" and witness to the will of the Empress of Austria to build mills in Luxembourg.

Hennuyer silty plateau
  • Aubechies

Archeosite of Aubechies

Traditional settlements

A day at the Aubechies Archeosite is an impressive journey through 5000 years of our past. An unforgettable adventure in a real open-air museum...

Condroz
  • Crupet

Old mills of Crupet

Traditional settlements

The banks of the streams in Crupet bear witness to the presence of numerous mills in the past.

Hesbaye
  • Mélin

Gobertange stone

Traditional settlements

The stone of the villages of the "Vallée Blanche"

Ardennes
  • Gros-Fays
habitat traditionnel à Gros-Fays

Traditional Ardennes dwellings in Gros-Fays

Traditional settlements

A traditional house shaped to adapt to the rigours of the region's climate.

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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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