From Abroad 23
Travel Blog
Touring the Heart of Europe, Part 2 – Wallonia
By Aline Verduyn
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a functional fortress, and allowing it to instead be a place of recreation. It has been classified as a Wallonia Major Heritage Site.
Namur holds one of the biggest citadels in Europe – the Citadel or Castle of Namur. A fortress at the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers, it is originally from the Roman era but has been rebuilt several times. In the Middle Ages, a fortified residence was built at the top of the rock that gradually transformed into a proper castle. At the end of the 19th century, nine concrete forts were built around Namur, no longer making the citadel
From the top of the citadel, the highest point of which sits at 190 meters, you can ride a cable car overlooking the Meuse River meandering through the city and arrive at the city center, near the St. Augustine Church.
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rossing the language barrier over to Frenchspeaking Wallonia, we end up at the capital of Wallonia, a city called Namur.
Recently, the artwork of the multidisciplinary Belgian artist Jan Fabre was displayed at the bottom of the citadel in an exhibition called “Searching for
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