Tour-Forte
Tour-Forte is a tower in Andenne, Arrondissement of Namur, Wallonia. Tour-Forte is situated nearby to the forest Terrisse, as well as near the sports venue Complexe Sportif de Vezin.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Remigius Church (Franc-Waret) and Sclaigneaux railway station.
Saint Remigius Church (Franc-Waret)
Church
Photo: Mhorion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Remigius Church (Franc-Waret) is situated 2 km northwest of Tour-Forte.
Sclaigneaux railway station
Railway station
Photo: Gugus15, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sclaigneaux railway station is situated 2½ km southeast of Tour-Forte.
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. Scladina is situated 3 km southeast of Tour-Forte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vezin and Wartet.
Vezin
Village
Photo: Eebie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vezin is a village in Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Andenne, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. There is a partially preserved fortified farm in the village, dating from the 14th century.
Wartet
Village
Photo: Wuefab, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wartet is a village of Wallonia and a part of the sub-municipality of Marche-les-Dames in the city of Namur, located in the province of Namur, Belgium.
Sclayn
Village
Photo: Gugus15, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sclayn is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Andenne, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. It is located by the river Meuse. Sclayn is situated 3 km southeast of Tour-Forte.
Tour-Forte
- Type: Tower
- Also known as: “Donjon”
- Location: Andenne, Arrondissement of Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.50476° or 50° 30′ 17″ northLongitude
4.99662° or 4° 59′ 48″ eastInception
14th centuryOpen location code
9F26GX3W+WJOpenStreetMap ID
way 866085555OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tower
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