Oudoumont Castle and Farm – Lexhy Castle loop from Villers-le-Bouillet

Oudoumont Castle and Farm – Lexhy Castle loop from Villers-le-Bouillet

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Oudoumont Castle and Farm – Lexhy Castle loop from Villers-le-Bouillet

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42.2km

260m

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Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 16, 2026

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3.30 km

Fize-Fontaine Church

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The destiny of Fize-Fontaine was directly linked to Amay because this village was ... The church of Fize was first a chapel served by a canon of Amay.

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3.56 km

Fize-Fontaine War Memorial

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War memorial of Fize-Fontaine to commemorate the military and the civilian victims of the First and the Second World War.

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12.8 km

Oudoumont Castle and Farm

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Isolated in the Hesbignon countryside, the wooded site of Oudoumont is one of the enchanting places in the region.

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14.0 km

Notre-Dame Auxiliatrice Tree

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directional island with a tree and our lady

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18.8 km

This castle dates from the 19th century. On its 35 ha land, several constructions have followed one another for centuries. The first castle was erected around 1140. It was a simple tower. In the 15th century, a second castle was built on the ruins of the first. This one, demolished in the 19th century, was therefore replaced by the current one (1851-1853).

After the death of Count Joseph de Borchgrave d´Altena in 1975, the castle and a large part of the park of Lexhy were sold to the municipality of Grâce-Hollogne. At the end of 1992, the entire estate became the property of a private purchaser. He began renovating the castle, then sold it to another businessman who completed the work.

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25.6 km

The Old Haneffe Café

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Very quiet place to have a coffee and leave.

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Haneffe Church

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The Saint-Pierre church, built of sandstone and limestone rubble, was almost entirely rebuilt in the 19th century, in neo-Gothic style.

Only the tower and the choir of the previous sanctuary have been preserved and are affected by the classification measure. Located to the north, the strong quadrangular tower is entirely made of limestone.

On the north side, the chainage bears the date 1393. Another commemorative slab with the coat of arms of the lords of Haneffe, dated 1593, informs us of a restoration of the whole at that time. The tower is pierced, on three sides, with arched bays equipped with louvers. It is topped with a hexagonal slate spire interrupted by dormer windows.

The choir, built in 1545, was raised in 1778 and then remodeled in neo-Gothic style in 1895 by the architect Edmond Jamar who added five ogival bays. The nave, from the 18th century, was restored in 1838 and then modified by Jamar who added a transept. Inside, the church is decorated with a shingle vault, entirely polychrome, made in 1896 by Benjamin Deterville and Walthère Colette. Among the preserved furniture, two funerary slabs are also protected by the classification measure. At the entrance to the nave, in the wall, the beautiful slab of the priest Moes is dated 1658. In an arm of the transept, we find the magnificent funerary slab in black limestone of Godfroid de Mirbach, known as Mirbicht, who died in 1551, and his two wives, Anne de Wihogne and Isabelle de la Falloise, the latter having died in 1552. The three figures are represented lying in bas-relief. Below, we find their coats of arms in twelve quarters.

Listed as a monument (tower, choir and two funerary slabs) on 23 October 1957.

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