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The castle is a U-shaped building with a northwest corner tower, which is the former keep. The side wings still have their 17th-century stepped gables. The appearance is strongly influenced by the 1763 renovation, and the interior also dates from that period. Rococo stucco work, a plastered ceiling, and several fireplaces are found. Interesting is the cardinal's hall, dedicated to Jean Walther de Sluse, who was a cardinal and whose coat of arms is present. A stone flower vase on a pedestal is also depicted, attributed to the Liège native Cockler. Of the outer bailey, only the southern wing remains. Furthermore, there is the gatehouse from around 1700, flanked by two square, brick towers. These are covered by bell-shaped roofs - covered with slate - crowned with a lantern. The castle - located near the church - is surrounded by a park. @https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasteel_van_Hoepertingen

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The castle of the Lords of Kozen stands at the intersection of three municipalities: Kozen, Wijer, and Stevoort. Strictly speaking, the castle is located on the territory of Wijer, the farmstead is in Kozen, and the barn is in Stevoort. The castle site was once connected to these three villages. The oldest known Lords of Kozen belong to the Van Wesemael family, who lived in the fourteenth century. Around 1400, the manor and castle belonged to the De Diest family, and in the seventeenth century, the De Kerckhem family held sway here. Above one of the gates, a stone can be seen depicting the family's coat of arms twice. It dates from the time when Arnold de Kerckhem and his wife, Annemarie de Kerckhem, who was also his cousin, lived here. As late as the seventeenth century, the castle belonged for a time to the Land Commander of Alden Biesen. In 1699, the Van Afferden family acquired the estate. They are the last lords of Kozen. At the end of the nineteenth century, the castle was owned by a certain Jacquelart. He renovated the castle and gave it its current appearance.

dates from 1754

The eighteenth-century church is a typical example of Hesbaye architecture. It contains a stained-glass window depicting the family coat of arms (1938) by Louis Struys.

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A long time ago, almost 1000 years ago, there was a Romanesque chapel with a fairly wide tower, very characteristic of the type of elongated tower that we still see in Aineffe. In 1672, during the Franco-Dutch War, the chapel and the seventeen houses of the hamlet were destroyed by fire. The warlike fury had destroyed the building. In 1754, 82 years after the destruction, the chapel was rebuilt. Previously, bricks were used in the region, but here the stones of the old church were used for the foundations. Since 1980, the chapel has been the property of the municipality of Faimes, after it had bought it for the symbolic franc from Count Guy van den Steen de Jehay. In 1987, the municipality began the restoration of the chapel, with the help of the French Community, the Province of Liège and the King Baudouin Foundation, in collaboration with the National Lottery. In the nave, the six 'grisaille' paintings on wood were restored in the restoration studio of the National École des Arts Visuels de La Cambre, in collaboration with the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage. These six paintings represent Saint Lambert, Saint James, Saint Roch, Saint Hubert, Saint Denis and Saint Madelebert (patron saint of the parish of Celles). Unfortunately, the chapel is not freely accessible. Source: faimes.be