Seventeen monks came from Flanders, from Westvleteren Abbey, where they already made a Trappist beer, to found a Cistercian abbey in the midst of a lost,...Read more
Saint-André church in Jamioulx was Napoleon’s last known stop before entering Charleroi on 15 June 1815. The present building dates back to...Read more
Napoleon moved his headquarters and spent the night of 16 to 17 June in a room on the first floor of the Château de la Paix. 16 June was...Read more
Relive over a thousand years of history, revealed by an interactive, musical and … 3D route! Discover unusual objects, witnesses to the passions...Read more
Over the course of time, the parish church founded in 1224 has been refurbished and rebuilt several times. Thus, the church built in the 15th century was...Read more
Records show that there was an oratory of Saint Nicholas as early as 1182, and that it became a parish church in 1227. A new church was built in 1674 on...Read more
The bell tower of the church in the small village of Pommeroeul, in the commune of Bernissart, is not quite like the others. When the crosses at the top...Read more
Beloeil Castle has been located for eight centuries in the middle of its moat, in the land of Hainaut. The vast seigneurial residence of the princes of...Read more
The Basilica of Our Lady of Bon-Secours is located in the very centre of Bon-Secours, a village on the Franco-Belgian border that is now part of Peruwelz,...Read more
The ruins of the Cistercian Aulne Abbey are nestled on the right bank of the Sambre, in a place beautifully called "Vallée de la Paix" or Valley...Read more