The best walks and hikes around Estaimpuis

Although it contains statues of several saints, including Our Lady and Saint Therese of Lisieux, this is primarily a cross chapel or calvary chapel. A stone beneath the altar inscribes that this calvary chapel was erected in 1883 by Louis Liagre to receive the prayers of the faithful and in memory of himself and his deceased parents. It contains a cross, brought from Jerusalem by Paul Lambert of Armentières, and, particularly striking, a beautifully painted piece of furniture, brightly colored and in folk style, imitating a tapestry and bearing the inscription "Jubilee of the year 1886." Two plaques on the wall commemorate the genealogy of the Liagre family. Source: www.stleger.info

A few facts about the church: * From base to spire, this tower measures 57 meters high. * On the south side of the church, there is a trace of a low opening, undoubtedly belonging to a "gateway to paradise" that allowed the deceased to be transported directly from the church to the cemetery. * And... if you can get inside: On the walls of the aisles, beautiful 19th-century wainscoting conceals a decorated frieze with the coat of arms of the Lord of Maurey, Lord of Saint-Léger. This frieze, discovered during the church's restoration in 1987, consisted of a black band painted on the walls to commemorate the burial of an important figure. Few friezes have been preserved in Europe. Source: information board on site

A striking feature of this monument is the use of color in the statue. High on the pedestal stands a soldier wearing the Belgian tricolor. The soldier's clothes and equipment are also colored: green trousers, brown jacket, black belt, etc.

The war memorial in the cemetery of Saint-Léger commemorates the military and civilian victims of the First and Second World Wars. The inscription on the memorial reads: "Saint-Léger to its heroes and martyrs." It contains the names of eight military and four civilian victims of the First World War, and one soldier, one deportee, one executed soldier, and three civilian victims of the Second World War.

This 1759 house is the former "Café de la Tranquillité," which housed a resistance center during World War II (1940-1945), Group G of the Ministry of War, under British command. In this café, they tested Bickfort cords (fire cords for igniting explosives), typed stencils for underground newspapers, and stored weapons and ammunition. Source: brochure "Promenade de Saint-Léger"

Please note: in summer the park is open every day (except Saturdays) from 10am to 7pm, but in winter it is only open on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, each time from 10am to 6pm.

The former rectory of Estaimbourg is now privately owned. It was built in 1900. The last clergyman to live there was Father Wibaut. In 1992, the rectory was sold to the Janssens-Verschuren couple, who established a bank and insurance office there... but since then, the building has changed owners again and the blue advertising signs of the financial institution have been removed. Sources: brochure "Promenade d'Estaimbourg", chemin.eklablog.net,

At the corner of the Trieu Del'nys and a country lane—at the southeastern tip of the Domaine de Bourgogne—you'll find this niche in the wall of an old farmhouse. Behind bars stands a statue of Our Lady.