Bruyère
Bruyère is a locality in Andenne, Arrondissement of Namur, Wallonia. Bruyère is situated nearby to the village Bonneville, as well as near Thon-Samson.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bonneville Castle and Scladina.
Bonneville Castle
Castle
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Bonneville Castle is a stately home in Bonneville in the municipality of Andenne, province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. Originally a farmhouse with a 15th-century donjon, it was acquired in 1617 by Jacques de Zualart, who began an extensive rebuilding, the continuance of which ruined his son, Tilmant de Zualart.
Scladina
Cave
Photo: Thilo Parg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Scladina, or Sclayn Cave, is an archaeological site located in Wallonia in the town of Sclayn, in the Andenne hills in Belgium, where excavations since 1978 have provided the material for an exhaustive collection of over thirteen thousand Mousterian stone artifacts and the fossilized remains of an especially ancient Neanderthal, called the Scladina child were discovered in 1993.
Goyet Caves
The Goyet Caves are a series of connected caves located in Belgium in a limestone cliff about 15 m above the river Samson near the village of Mozet in the Gesves municipality of the Namur province. Goyet Caves is situated 3 km south of Bruyère.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bonneville and Thon-Samson.
Bonneville
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Bonneville is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Andenne, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. The village church, dedicated to Saint Fermin, is a Romanesque building from the 11th century. Bonneville Castle is located in the village.
Thon-Samson
Village
Photo: Lucyin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thon-Samson is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Andenne, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Thon-Samson is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie association.
Namêche
Village
Namêche is a town in Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Andenne, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. It is located by the river Meuse.
Bruyère
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Bruyere”
- Location: Andenne, Arrondissement of Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.46892° or 50° 28′ 8″ northLongitude
5.02684° or 5° 1′ 37″ eastElevation
190 metres (623 feet)Open location code
9F27F29G+HPGeoNames ID
2800862
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