Baillonville

Baillonville
Bayonveye (Walloon)
Château de Baillonville
Château de Baillonville
Baillonville is located in Belgium
Baillonville
Baillonville
Baillonville is located in Europe
Baillonville
Baillonville
Coordinates: 50°25′37″N 05°13′17″E / 50.42694°N 5.22139°E / 50.42694; 5.22139
Country Belgium
Region Wallonia
Province Namur
Municipality Somme-Leuze

Baillonville (French pronunciation: [bajɔ̃vil]; 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]

References

  1. ^ Menne, Gilbert, ed. (2014). Le grand guide de Wallonie et de Bruxelles. Brussels: Racine. pp. 983–984. ISBN 978-94-014-1418-0.
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