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234  BEL GIUM AND L UXEMBURG REGION B Y REGION

Archéologique contains artifacts
from Gallo-Roman times and
jewellery and pottery from the
Merovingian period. The adjacent
Musée Gaspar celeb rates the
Gaspar family of Arlon, including
the animal sculptor Jean-Marie
Gaspar (1861–1931). Its masterpiece
is a 16th-century Fisenne retable.
Arlon’s Knipchen hill, site of the
Église St-Donat, has views that
extend over Belgium, Luxembourg
and France.
Courtyard of the renowned Cistercian Abbaye d’Orval
E Musée Archéologique
g Bouillon j Abbaye d’Orval R des Martyrs 13. Tel (063) 212849.
Open 9am–noon, 1–5:30pm Tue–Sat,
34 km (21 miles) SW of St-Hubert. Villers-devant-Orval; 25 km (15 miles) 1:30–5:30pm Sun & public holidays.
Road Map D4. * 5,500. @ SE of Bouillon. Road Map E5. Tel (061) Closed 1, 2 & 11 Nov, Christmas. &
n Quai des Saulx 12; (061) 465211. 311060. Open Mar–Oct: 9:30am– 7 = ∑ ial.be.
∑ bouillon-tourisme.be 6:30pm daily; Nov–Feb: 10:30am–
5:30pm. & 7 = ∑ orval.be E Musée Gaspar
The elegant town of Bouillon R des Martyrs 16. Tel (063) 600654.
straddles the River Semois beside Set in a forested area of the Open 9:30am–noon and 1–5:30pm
the rock on which its famous Gaume region, the Cistercian Tue–Sat; Apr–Sept: 1:30–5:30pm Sun.
fortress stands. The town offers abbey of Notre-Dame d’Orval & ∑ ial.be.
activities such as walking, horse was one of Europe’s most power-
riding and kayaking as well as ful until its destruction in the
mountain bike circuits. On the religious wars and again during l Bastogne
castle hill, the Musée Ducal has the French Revolution in 1793. 40 km (25 miles) N of Arlon.
various mementos relating to The abbey became famous for its Road Map E4. * 15,130. @
the history of the castle and beer, whose label shows a fish n Place McAuliffe 60; (061) 212711.
town. Housed in a 17th-century with a ring in its mouth. This ∑ paysdebastogne.be
convent on the banks of the river, recalls the legend of the abbey’s
the Archéoscope Godefroid de foundation by Countess Best known as a focal point of
Bouillon presents an innovative Mathilda of Tuscany, in the Battle of the Bulge,
multimedia show on this leading thanksgiving after a trout Bastogne was also a thriving
knight of the First Crusade. miraculously recovered her stronghold in medieval
wedding ring from a stream. times, as witnessed by the
Environs Today, the public can visit Porte de Trèves, the remnant
At Bertrix, 25 km (15 miles) the Romanesque- of the 14th-century city
to the northeast, there is a Gothic ruins of the old walls. Close by, the
remarkable underground slate 12th- and 13th-century Battle monument Église St-Pierre has a
mine and museum called monastery church as at Bastogne 12th-century tower
Au Coeur de l’Ardoise. well as a museum and and a 15th- century
a herb garden. Flamboyant-Gothic nave with a
E Musée Ducal painted vaulting dating from
Rue du Petit 1–3. Tel (061) 464189. 1536. The Battle of the Bulge is
Open Easter–Nov. & k Arlon remembered primarily on
∑ museeducalbouillon.be Mardasson Hill, 2 km (1 mile) to
E Archéoscope Godefroid de 57 km (35 miles) E of Bouillon. the northeast of Bastogne, where
Bouillon Road Map E4. * 28,350. @ a star-shaped American
n Rue des Faubourgs 2; (063)
Quai des Saulx 14. Tel (061) 468303. Memorial lists the various
Open Feb–Dec. & - = 216360. ∑ ot-arlon.be American units that fought in
∑ archeoscopebouillon.be The capital of the Belgian the battle, and offers extensive
E Au Coeur de l’Ardoise Province of Luxembourg, Arlon panoramic views from the
Domaine de la Morépire, 1 Rue du developed as a trading centre parapet. The site also includes
Babinay, Bertrix. Tel (061) 414521. called Orolaunum in Roman the Bastogne War Museum,
Open see website for times. & 9 times, and claims to be one a comprehensive museum of
∑ aucoeurdelardoise.be of the oldest towns in Belgium. the battle.
Many Roman remains have
h Château-Fort de survived, including the Tour E Bastogne War Museum
Bouillon Romaine, a tower in the Grand Colline de Mardasson. Tel (061)
Place, and vestiges of 4th-century
210220. Open Tue–Sun. & 9 7
See pp236–7. Roman baths. The town’s Musée ∑ bastognewarmuseum.be
For hotels and restaurants see pp270–71 and pp290–91

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