Les Fonds

Les Fonds is a quarter in Flanders, Belgium. Les Fonds is situated nearby to the hamlet Les Quarante Bonniers, as well as near the locality Bruyère Landuyt.

Places of Interest

Highlights include K-W Line and Pillory of Braine-le-Château.

K-W Line

Ruins

Photo: WO2, Public domain.

The Koningshooikt–Wavre Line, abbreviated to KW Line and often known as the Dyle Line after the Dijle river, was a 60-kilometre-long fortified line of defence prepared by the Belgian Army between Koningshooikt and Wavre which was intended to protect Brussels from a possible German invasion.

Pillory of Braine-le-Château

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.0.

Braine Castle

Residential building

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.

Braine Castle is a castle in Braine-le-Château, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium. In 649 the Abbess of Mons St. Waudru ceded her "land of Ittre", including Braine, to the Chapter of Mons.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Braine-le-Château and Wauthier-Braine.

Braine-le-Château

Village

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Braine-le-Château is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006, Braine-le-Château had a total population of 9,446.