Panneaux patrimoine
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41. The old Recollects Monastery of Virton
Rue d'Arlon 6760 VirtonRead more...Recollects, Friars belonging to the reform branch of the Order of Friars Minor who observe the rules of St Francis of Assisi, settled in Virton in the middle of the 17th century. Between the end of t...
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42. The Bandstand of Virton
Place Georges Lorand 6760 VirtonRead more...The bandstand of Virton, which was finished in January 1914, is the work of town architect Omer Bodson. With an octagonal plan, like the one of Saint-Mard, the decoration of Virton’s bandstand howeve...
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43. The Gymnasium of Virton
Faubourg d'Arival 6760 VirtonRead more...In 1738, Maria Elisabeth of Austria, governor of the Austrian Netherlands, authorized the bourgeois of Virton to open a college where classics would be taught until the “rhétorique” (i.e. Belgian las...
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44. The Croix-le-Maire (the Burgomaster Cross), Virton
Rue Chanoine Crousse 6760 VirtonRead more...This cross commemorates the granting in 1270 by Louis V, Count of Chiny, of a municipal charter to the City of Virton, known as the Law of Beaumont. This symbol of freedom granted the burghers of Vir...
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45. The Carmel of Virton
Rue d'Arlon 6760 VirtonRead more...The Order of the Carmelites was founded in the 12th century by a community of hermits on Mount Carmel in Palestine. They were given a Rule by Saint Albert of Jerusalem. Due to the reconquest of the H...
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46. The Domino House, Virton
Rue Croix-Le-Maire 6760 VirtonRead more...This impressive building used to be notary Paul-Robert Lambinet’s home. He was born on 3rd September 1863 and died on 5th May 1947 in Virton. This 19th-century limestone house with its central door a...
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47. The Saint Laurent church of Virton
Place Nestor Outer 6760 VirtonRead more...This Neoclassical church was built by contractor Jacques-Modeste Guillemard of Longwy (France) and consecrated in 1834. Its imposing entry porch with four colossal ionic columns supports a triangular...
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48. The presbytery of Virton
Rue du Curé 6760 VirtonRead more...In front of this building dating from 1680 lies a small garden enclosed by a low wall and a wrought-iron fence. History tells us however that in 1570 “the presbytery had been burnt down after previou...
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49. The castle Foncin of Virton
Avenue Bouvier 6760 VirtonRead more...According to the year carved in the façade’s cartouches, this eclectic castle was built in 1891 for Octave Foncin, notary public. This beautiful square building, built with finely hewn limestone bloc...
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50. The former Collège Saint-Joseph,Virton
Rue Chanoine Crousse 6760 VirtonRead more...Saint Joseph’s College was founded thanks to Mgr Belin, bishop of Namur, Canons Lesquoy and Henry, and Abbot Smal. The plans were drawn by Friar-Architect Maixantis of Malonne. The construction start...
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51. The former Domestic Science School, Virton
Place Georges lorand 6760 VirtonRead more...At the end of the 19th century, Mr De Bruyn, minister of Agriculture, wished to encourage the foundation of agriculture schools in Belgium. Canon Crousse, founder of the “Collège Saint-Joseph” in Vir...
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52. The Franklin, Virton
Rue d'Arlon 6760 VirtonRead more...This building was already mentioned in 1824 under the name “Brasserie Fayon”. Bought by the Bodson brothers in 1881, it was sold on to the young co-operative “le Progrès” in 1898, and expanded. The h...
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53. Naisse watermill, Virton
Rue du Moulin 6760 VirtonRead more...In 1577 Henri le Clercq built a powder mill on the banks of the river Ton in lower Virton. This mill became a sawmill about a hundred years later. In 1797, as can clearly be seen in the first land re...
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54. Virton's Biblio'Nef
Avenue Bouvier 6760 VirtonRead more...Virton’s Biblio’Nef (contraction of library and nave in French) is located in the former chapel of the boarding school of the Sisters of the Christian Doctrine bought by the City of Virton in 2002. T...
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55. "La Grande Maison" of Virton
Rue Sainte-Catherine 6760 VirtonRead more...The oldest reference to the “Grande Maison” dates back to 1450 when it belonged to Jehan de Baulrain. It became property of the de Laittres family in the 16th century. As Nicolas de Laittres was appo...
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56. The "Capon" water mill, Virton
Rue A la Cour Marchal 6760 VirtonRead more...This waterwheel may be very old, but the first document mentioning it dates from 1836. In 1837, the owner, Mr Maréchal (from whom comes the name “Cour Marchal”), uses the water wheel to activate the ...