The best gravel rides around Wasseiges

Remarkable bourgeois house with a special history: it did indeed serve for a time as a convent for French Benedictine nuns who – at the time of the Combes law (1902-1905), which advocated a strict separation of church and state – fled their country and settled here. The history of the house, however, goes back two centuries further: In 1708, Pierre Verlaine de Lomprez built a house on the abbey grounds. Marie-Jeanne inherited the house in the abbey courtyard. She lived there with her husband, Nicolas Gaspard Devaux, administrator of the estate of the prince-bishop of Liège and steward of his forests. In 1903, expelled French Benedictine nuns found a refuge in Moha, where they ran a kindergarten. In 1905, religious services were held in an annex to the house, while awaiting the rebuilding of the village church, which was reopened in 1917. The L-shaped house is built of limestone rubble from local quarries. In the 19th century, renovations were carried out: annexes were built and new openings were added. Source: bibliotheca.wanze.be

Moha has two rocky outcrops: one on the north side, with (the ruins of) the castle; one on the south side, with the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary. It's quite impressive how the church towers over the village. The neo-Gothic basilica church was built in 1912 on the site of a previously renovated house of worship.

A really nice place to have a drink after your walk (open Wednesday and Sunday)

Quarries have been a major industry in this region for almost a century. In recent decades, further expansion projects have been planned here in Moha. These have repeatedly met with resistance from residents of neighboring Vinalmont, where the rural hamlets of Wanzoul and Roua are threatened by an expansion of the quarry's current infrastructure. During a public inquiry organized by the local government in 1997, the number of written protests (nearly 1,500) exceeded the total number of residents of Vinalmont (over 1,070). Source: Wikipedia

The fortified tower, situated on the edge of the Fosseroule stream and defending the valley, is considered a peripheral bastion of Moha Castle, located a mile and a half away. Agricultural and residential buildings form an enclosed complex, built between the 17th and 19th centuries. In the eastern corner stands an imposing tower, built of limestone rubble, with a square plan (16th century) on a wider, sloping base. This tower originates from an earlier structure, the cellars of which have also been preserved. The openings were modified, and in the 17th century, the tower was extended on the south side with a bay of limestone rubble and brick, reaching the limits of the original structure. To the west of the tower stands a two-story house, perpendicular to the tower, built of limestone rubble, probably dating from the 17th century. Source: bibliotheca.wanze.be

Please note that the second part of the walk is inaccessible due to the quarry expansion. There are no signs indicating the direction of travel. A sign from the town indicates the change in the local road where you rejoin the trail. Information should be provided at each end to avoid unnecessary backtracking.

The Château de Fosseroule is actually the Ferme-château de Fosseroule, a historic farmhouse with castle features, located at the confluence of the Mehaigne and Fosseroule rivers, near the famous medieval Château de Moha. It is a former walled farm and residence built in the 17th-19th centuries with an impressive east tower, a beautiful example of local heritage. The Fosseroule, after which the castle is named, flows into the Mehaigne River here. The castle grounds house a rural gîte "La Vieille Brasserie" (separate building) - see https://visitwallonia.be/fr-be/content/gite-rural-huccorgne-la-vieille-brasserie

Beautiful location with a stunning view of one of the old quarry lakes.