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The fortified city on the Meuse river with the Citadel of Namur. Today the citadel is offering visitors a good view of the peaceful town below. |
The city is famous for a fabulous Romanesque/Gothic cathedral : the grand Cathedral of Our Lady, a five-towered masterpiece built during the 12th and 13th centuries. Its treasury contains the silver and copper 'Shrine of Our Lady' (1205), its also houses works by Rubens and his contemporary Jordaens. |
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The
Battle of the Bulge centered around the town of Bastogne.
It is the town and castle in Luxembourg where in the 11th century, Duke Godefried of Bouillon started the Crusades that would end in the fall of Jerusalem. |
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Is especially known for its annual carnival held just before Lent. During the three-day carnival, noisemaking and dancing are led by 'Gilles'. These are men dressed in high, plumed hats and bright costumes.
The city is known for his 16th century Citadel and it is also the hometown of Adolph Sax, who invented the saxophone. |
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Durbuy was proclaimed the smallest chartered town in the world in 1331.
Nowadays it is a tourist centre. There is a brewery.
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It is world famous for its annual Formula 1 car race. The Circuit is 6.940 km long. |
The
city gave his name to all spas and was the watering hole of the entire
aristocracy of Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries,
including Tzar Peter the Great who was cured by the waters of Spa
of a serve form of indigestion.
This
is, of course, the place where Napoleon lost the battle against the allied
troops commanded by the Duke of Wellington and the Prussian Marshal Blucher
in June 1815. There are a few monuments, under which 'The Lion of Waterloo'
on an artificial hill from 45 m high. A stair from 260 steps lead to the
top.
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