Els Cheineux

Els Cheineux is a locality in Sprimont, Liège, Wallonia. Els Cheineux is situated nearby to the locality Waide Foie, as well as near Es Saisomme.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort de Tancrémont and Château de Haute-Fraipont.

Fort de Tancrémont

Fort

Photo: Flamenc, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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. Fort de Tancrémont is situated 3½ km east of Els Cheineux.

Château de Haute-Fraipont

Castle

Photo: Cymbella, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Château de Haute-Fraipont is a castle.

Chantoir de Grandchamps

Cave

Photo: Romaine, CC0.

Chantoir de Grandchamps is a cave, which is situated 3 km southwest of Els Cheineux.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Banneux and Adzeux.

Banneux

Village

Photo: Les Meloures, CC BY-SA 1.0.

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.