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La Roche-en-Ardenne ( French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃ ɑ̃.n‿aʁdɛn] ⓘ; Walloon: Li Rotche) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg and the arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium. Lying beside a bend in the River Ourthe, the small town of La Roche-en-Ardenne is one of the most popular tourist ...
La Roche-en-Ardenne Castle. / 50.18198; 5.57649. La Roche-en-Ardenne Castle ( French: Château de La Roche-en-Ardenne) is a ruined medieval castle near La Roche-en-Ardenne in the province of Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium. Located on a rocky ridge overlooking a loop of the Ourthe river, its origins go back to a Celtic oppidum .
Ardenne Castle or the Royal Castle of Ardenne ( French: Château Royal d'Ardenne, Dutch: Koninklijk Kasteel van Ardenne, formerly also spelled "Hardenne") was a former residence and summer retreat of the Belgian royal family situated in the municipality of Houyet, Namur Province, Wallonia. It served as a luxury hotel from 1891 to 1949 and ...
Ortho, Belgium. / 50.117°N 5.600°E / 50.117; 5.600. Ortho ( Walloon: Ortô) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of La Roche-en-Ardenne, located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium . The village is located at an altitude of 475 metres (1,558 ft) above sea level. It consists of houses built mainly during the ...
Starting in October 1944, during the closing months of World War II in the European theatre, the castle was the headquarters of the United States Army 's XVIII Airborne Corps, under the command of Major General Matthew Ridgway. The castle provided Ridgway's headquarters with a strategic location in the Ardennes, close to the German border.
Ensemble van de site Cheslé en de vallei van de Ourthe tussen Naboge en Nisramont. More images. Hérou site (meanders of the Ourthe): area of special value (nl) (fr) La Roche-en-Ardenne. 50°08′57″N 5°38′54″E / . 50.149259°N 5.648406°E.
The castle of the princes de Cro - Chimay, gouache on parchment made between 1598 and 1602 by Adrien de Montigny. Chimay Castle ( French: Château de Chimay) is a château in Chimay, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. The castle has been owned by the Prince of Chimay and his ancestors for centuries, and it is open to the public for tours during part ...
Hauteroche Castle. / 50.0875; 4.5994. Hauteroche Castle ( French: Château de Hauteroche) is a ruined 14th-century castle, destroyed after a siege in 1554, in the village of Dourbes in the municipality of Viroinval, province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium . The castle site was scientifically excavated between 1976 and 2002.