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in after the castle was sacked by
Louis XIV of France in 1689; it
was dismantled after 1804.

y Stavelot
10 km (6 miles) SW of Malmedy. Road
Map E3. * 6,920. £ @ n Abbaye
de Stavelot, Place St Remacle 32; (080)
862706. ∑ stavelot.be
Founded in the 7th century as
an abbey, Stavelot is an
Racing exhibits at the Musée du Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot attractive town whose old centre
is a cluster of little streets and
e Château de walkers heading to Hautes squares lined with 17th-century
Reinhardstein Fagnes. Its main attraction is half-timbered houses. Here, the
the 18th-century Cathédrale Église St-Sébastien houses a
Chemin du Cheneux 50, Ovitat; 17 km Sts-Pierre-Paul-et-Quirinn, set masterpiece of Mosan art –
(15 miles) SE of Spa. Road Map F3. in the main square, Place Albert the 13th-century reli quary of
Tel (080) 446868. Closed Mon, Wed, 1er. Malmedy is most famous for St Remaclus, founder of the
Fri. & 8 11:30am,12:30pm, 1:30pm, its four-day pre-Lenten carnival, abbey at Stavelot. The striking
2:30pm & 3:30pm Sat & Sun, also Cwarmê (see p39). deep-red Abbaye de Stavelot
11:30am & 2:30pm public hols.
∑ reinhardstein.net dates from the 18th century. It
t Castle of Burg- now contains three museums.
The 14th-century fortress of The Musée du Circuit de Spa-
Reinhardstein was built by the Reuland Francorchamps, with its
lords of Waimes and owned by 38 km (24 miles) SE of Malmedy. collection of cars, motorcycles
their descendants, the German Road Map F3. Tel (080) 329131. and memorabilia, documents
Metternich family.The château @ Open 9am–5pm daily. 0 the history (from 1896) of the
was attacked by the French ∑ burg-reuland.be Grand Prix motor-racing track
Revolutionary Army in 1795, at Francorchamps, which lies
after which it fell into ruin. In Located in the south of the about 10 km (6 miles) to the
1969, historian and collector Cantons de l’Est, the pretty north. There is also the Musée
Jean Overloop re built it. Today, slate-roofed vil lage of Burg- de la Principauté de Stavelot-
tours take visitors through Reuland is home to one of the Malmèdy and the Musée
stone-walled rooms containing most impressive sets of castle Guillaume Apollinaire, dedicated
furniture, tapestries, sculpture ruins in Belgium. The Romans to this French poet (1880–1918)
and armour. built a fort on this site and the who wrote eloquently about
Franks made it a royal castle: the Ardennes. Stavelot is also
Charlemagne is said to have known for its carni val, the
r Malmedy stayed in it. However, the ruins Laetare (see p36).
seen today date from the 10th
13 km (8 miles) SE of Spa. E Abbaye de Stavelot
Road Map F3. * 12,350. £ @ to 16th centuries. The round
n Place Albert 1er, 29a; (080) 330250. corner tower and high curtain Tel (080) 880878. Open 10am–6pm
∑ malmedy.be walls were built by the counts daily. Closed Sun & Mon of carnival
of Reuland, vassals of the Holy weekend. & - =
The mainly French-speaking Roman Empire. Decline set ∑ abbayedestavelot.be
town of Malmedy is one of the
main towns of the Cantons de
l’Est (Oostkantons in Dutch) –
a borderland district that has
been swapped back and forth
with Germany. Until its
conquest in 1795 by the French
Revolutionary Army, Malmedy
was ruled by prince-abbots as
part of the twin Principality of
Stavelot-Malmedy, which was
based on two 7th-century
abbeys. The town became rich
through pro duction of cloth,
gunpowder, leather-tanning
and paper. Today, it is a base for The village of Burg-Reuland, dominated by the ruins of its lofty castle
For hotels and restaurants see pp270–71 and pp290–91

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