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198  BEL GIUM AND L UXEMBOURG REGION B Y REGION

Exploring Central Wallonia

The fertile, undulating lowlands of Brabant Wallon are the farmland
setting for the battle site of Waterloo and for the university at
Louvain-la-Neuve. The River Meuse forms a centrepiece, linking
Dinant and Namur. It is flanked by the Citadelle of Namur and the
châteaux of Annevoie and Freÿr, as well as the abbeys of Floreffe
and Maredsous. Couvin nestles in the forested Fagne region,
close to the famous Grottes de Neptune at Petigny. Steam engines Brussels
puff their way through the Viroin valley between Mariembourg Wavre Jodoigne
and Treignes. The hills of the Ardennes FONDATION Lasne (Waver) (Geldenaken)
FOLON
begin to rise further to the south and WATERLOO WALIBI Jaųche Liège
east, where the River Lesse carves a LOUVAIN-LA- FOLX-LES-CAVES
Braine-
path out of the limestone hills. The le-Château Braine l’Alleud NEUVE Ramillies
(Eigenbrakel)
spectacular caves of Han-sur-Lesse Ottignies
BRAB ANT WALLO N
lie in the far southeast of the region. Méhalgne
NIVELLES ABBAYE DE Éghezée
(NIJVEL) VILLERS Gembloux Bierwart
Sights at a Glance Beuzet
Charleroi
Villages, Towns and Cities Churches and Abbeys CORROY-LE- Mielmont Meuse Andenne
CHÂTEAU
1 Waterloo pp200–201 6 Abbaye de Villers Charleroi NAMUR
7 Nivelles 0 Abbaye de Floreffe Jemeppe ABBAYE (NAMEN) Haillot
8 Namur pp206–207 r Abbaye de Maredsous Sambreville DE FLOREFFE
e Dinant i Basilique St-Materne Sambre Wépion Samson Gesves
o Mariembourg Fosses-la-Ville Profondeville Havelange
p Couvin Parks JARDINS RIVER MEUSE N AM UR
f Rochefort q Jardins d’Annevoie D’ANNEVOIE
Assesse
Castles Areas of Natural Beauty ABBAYE DE Spontin Bocq
9 Corroy-le-Château 5 Folx-les-Caves MAREDSOUS BRASSERIE DU BOCQ Baillonville
y Château de Freÿr t River Meuse Molignée Bouvignes Ciney
u Château de Vêves d Domaine des Grottes Morialmé Falaën Valley DINANT
s Château de Lavaux de Han BASILIQUE Anseremme Haversin
Ste-Anne SAINT-MATERNE Florennes Vêves Celles
Sites of Interest Silenrieux CHÂTEAU DE VÊVES
Museums 3 Walibi Lacs de Philippeville CHÂTEAU Waulsort
DE FREŸR
2 Fondation Folon 4 Louvain-la-Neuve I’Eau d’Heure Houyet Lesse ROCHEFORT
a Treignes w Brasserie du Bocq Cerfontaine Hermeton Agimont CHÂTEAU DE
LAVAUX-SAINTE-ANNE
Fagne
TREIGNES Meuse DOMAINE DES
MARIEMBOURG Viroin Beauraing GROTTES DE HAN
Eau Blanche Nismes Bois de Luxembourg
City
Savry
(Viroinval)
COUVIN Petigny Famenne
Eau Noire Forêt de Houille
Nismes
Gedinne
Brûly-de-Pesche
Houdremont Biėvre

0 kilometres 10
0 miles 10
The resplendent interior of De Groesbeeck de Croix museum at Namur
For hotels and restaurants see pp269–70 and pp289–90

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