Baillonville | |
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Coordinates: 50°25′37″N05°13′17″E / 50.42694°N 5.22139°E | |
Country | Belgium |
Region | Wallonia |
Province | Namur |
Municipality | Somme-Leuze |
Baillonville (Walloon : Bayonveye is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Somme-Leuze, located in the province of Namur, Belgium.
From the early Middle Ages until 1706, the village belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. The ownership then passed between several aristocratic families until the French Revolution. The village contains the Château de Baillonville, built in 1806 in a Neoclassical style. The village church, dedicated to Saint Hubert, has Romanesque foundations. There is also a chapel from 1895 with a memorial plaque honouring American troops who fought here during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. [1]
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