Bois de Colonheid

Bois de Colonheid is a locality in Liège, Wallonia. Bois de Colonheid is situated nearby to the locality Bois Particulier, as well as near Bois de Tancrémont.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort de Tancrémont and Sanctuaire de Tancrémont.

Fort de Tancrémont

Fort

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The Fort de Tancrémont is a Belgian fortification located about 3 kilometres south of Pepinster. The fort was built in the 1930s as part of the fortified position of Liège, augmenting the twelve original forts built to defend Liège in the 1880s with four more forts closer to the Belgian frontier with Germany.

Sanctuaire de Tancrémont

Church

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Sanctuaire de Tancrémont is a church.

Château de Haute-Fraipont

Castle

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Château de Haute-Fraipont is a castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tancrémont and Banneux.

Tancrémont

Hamlet

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Tancrémont is a hamlet of Wallonia split between the municipalities of Pepinster and Theux, located in the province of Liège, Belgium. The north side of 666 National Road that crosses the hamlet is part of the municipality of Pepinster.

Banneux

Village

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Banneux is a village of Wallonia in the municipality of Sprimont, district of Louveigné, located in the province of Liège, Belgium. It is known because of the reported Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Banneux, also known as Our Lady of the Poor, to a young girl called Mariette Beco.