Ry d'Heure walking trail

Picnic area and barbecue at the Ry d'Oeure.

The Roly neighbourhood is the village’s main extension and the Rue Roly takes you to the Bois de Grune (Grune Woods). Most of the houses were built during the 19th century and are laid out asymmetrically, with the house fronts either parallel or perpendicular to the road, which confers a singular style to the neighbourhood. The vast majority of the houses are composed of a main building, stables and a barn; some of them even have a hayloft or bakery.

It’s worth stopping for a while at the Ry d’Oeure nature reserve, with its picnic area and educational trail. It’s only about 600m (2000 feet) from where you are now (at the bottom of the hill, village exit). To reach the Ry d’Oeure, instead of continuing straight ahead, take the turn and follow the road towards Nassogne. The neighbourhood that you are now passing through is called Laveu. The name (Walloon for ‘lavoir’ wash-house) is a reminder of the former public wash-house that once sat alongside the Ry d’Oeure, where the rest area is now. The vast stone basins have been moved to the place known as ‘la Pépinette’ in Nassogne.

Dated 1839, the Saint-Peter’s church is built out of sandstone blocks and bluestone. In 1908, the Count de Ramaix paid for the church’s new choir and neo-roman tower. The church is home to 17th and 18th century altarpieces as well as a painting on wood representing Our Lady with Grapes. Opposite the church, at number 03, an old farm built in half-timber work and bricks, entirely stuccoed, except for the right gable. 

property). The history of the village is intimately linked to the history of its castle. The castle was the seat of a high seigniory that was under the jurisdiction of the feudal court of the La Roche County. Henri de Wellin, Lord of Grune, Crupet and Masbourg, is the first Lord ever mentioned in a 1290 document. The castle was surrounded by ditches until the beginning of the 19th century. The building forms a quadrilateral shape; it is composed of a seigniorial dwelling and a farm that has fallen into ruin. The house was built in 1613 by Gilles de Mozet, Lord of Grune. In 1851, it was restored by Th. Pety de Thozée. In 1894, it was restored a second time round by the Count Maurice de Ramaix. This event is commemorated by a stone bearing his arms and motto sealed into the back of the building. The farm dates from the early 18th century and the portal exterior is topped with a stone bearing the arms of the Mozet-Waha family. The castle suffered greatly during the First World War. It was almost entirely burnt down, and the building was (partially) restored in 1946.

There’s a lane of linden trees on your left (private property). This remarkable, listed lane is a little over 0.6 miles long and numbers 318 linden trees that were planted circa 1900.