Faulx-les-Tombes Castle
Faulx-les-Tombes Castle is a 19th-century château in Faulx-les-Tombes in the municipality of Gesves, province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. The first castle on the site was built in the 13th century and was a dependency of the County of Namur.Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Wallonia
- Also known as: “Chateau de Faulx-les-Tombes” and “Faulx-les-Tombes”
- Address: Chaussée de Gramptinne 44, 5340
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Goyet Caves and Grandpré Abbey.
Goyet Caves
Cave
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 2 km northeast of Faulx-les-Tombes Castle.
Grandpré Abbey
Place of worship
Photo: Thomas Bertrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grandpré Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey located at Faulx-les-Tombes, in the province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. The only remains of the abbey are the gatehouse and the attached range at the main entrance, the farm buildings and the mill, once powered by the Samson brook, which crosses the site. Grandpré Abbey is situated 1½ km southeast of Faulx-les-Tombes Castle.
Chapelle de Mont-Sainte-Marie
Church
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.0.
Chapelle de Mont-Sainte-Marie is a church, which is situated 1½ km west of Faulx-les-Tombes Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Faulx-les-Tombes and Mozet.
Faulx-les-Tombes
Village
Photo: Guatebe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Faulx-les-Tombes is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Gesves, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Remains of Roman settlements have been discovered in the area, which was settled already during the Paleolithic.
Mozet
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.0.
Mozet is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Gesves, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Although the area has been settled since Roman times, the current village developed around the church and castle of an allod in the early 11th century.
Goyet
Hamlet
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Goyet is a hamlet of the municipality Gesves, Wallonia, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. It is famous for Goyet Caves, with glacial remnants of Neandertals, Homo sapiens and canid.
Faulx-les-Tombes Castle
- Categories: château, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Gesves, Arrondissement of Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.42894° or 50° 25′ 44″ northLongitude
4.99965° or 4° 59′ 59″ eastInception
1871Levels
7Open location code
9F26CXHX+HVOpenStreetMap ID
way 397741855OpenStreetMap feature
building=castleOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q2658442
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Faulx-les-Tombes Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Faulx-les-Tombesko gaztelua”
- Dutch: “Kasteel van Faulx-les-Tombes”
- Dutch: “Kasteel van Faulx”
- French: “château de Faulx-les-Tombes”
- French: “Château de Faulx”
- Hungarian: “Faulx-les-Tombes”
- Italian: “Castello di Faulx-les-Tombes”
- Persian: “فولز لتومب”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Faulx-les-Tombes”
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Highlights include Maison de l’Entité and Grottes d’Arville.
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