Second flag of the Saint Cécile Wépion Harmony Band, on which the Meuse, the Dave cliffs, and, of course, the emblematic strawberry...Read more
-How forts are being used today ... Namur's nine forts today form small wooded islands. They now have only an ancillary use, often a far...Read more
Dave: the reorganisation of forts in the period between the two wars At the time of the reorganisation of the Defence of the Fortified...Read more
Andoy: construction around the forts At the time of mobilisation in the summer of 1914, the gaps between the forts were the subject of...Read more
Marchovelette: the first offensive Profiting from the experience of the battles of Liège, the Germans chose to use heavy artillery...Read more
Champion military cemetery After the battle of Namur, Germans, Belgians and French buried their dead here and there. Victors and vanquished...Read more
Landscape of war At the time of the siege of Namur, the Germans had learned lessons from the stinging defeat of the first wave of assault...Read more
Beauloye château farm: an important staging point Situated half-way between Cognelée and Marchovelette forts, Beauloye château...Read more
Monuments commemorating the Great War Located in the central areas of towns and villages, monuments to the dead and memorial stones fulfil...Read more
Cognelée's zeppelin hangars At the end of 1916, the Germans established an airbase on a former Belgian aviation site. It became...Read more