WHITE STONE, RED BRICK AND ... FOIE GRAS

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In an architectural landscape where bricks are the dominant feature, MÉLIN with several other villages, is an exception. Dwellings are almost completely made of white stone mainly extracted in the hamlet of "Gobertange". Glimes is a village with an agricultural vocation, and shows the peacefulness of the Hesbaye villages. The village of Piétrebais and the other villages of INCOURT have magnificent square farms and lots of unspoilt landscapes. BOIGNÉE has managed to retain in its landscapes an unusual sense of pureness. The village is encircled by grasslands which in turn are surrounded by cultivated fields. The Castle in CORROY-LE-CHÂTEAU, which was constructed according to the plans for the Louvre, is included in the list of exceptional heritage sites in Wallonia.

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Worth a visit: 'La Cense du Seigneur' (private property), the Church Notre-Dame de la Visitation and its organ, numerous chapels, the Hesserée farm, Awans farm, Saint-Rémy-Geest, Gobertange and Lathuy, the Gobertange quarry. The Roman Tumulus in Glimes, the Gustot windmill and the Castle-farm in Opprebais. The "Archives de Boignée" (Boignée Archives) (more than 2000 old photos ,hundreds of recent photos, old texts, old legal Acts, maps, engravings, models ...). The Feudal château in Corroy (13th Century), The Church of St.-Lambert (13th Century), the
Marais farm (17th Century).

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