Belgium: Huy and its Citadel - Hoei en haar citadel
Huy is a municipality of Belgium. It is situated in the Walloon Region and the Province of Liege. Huy lies along the river Meuse, at the mouth of the small river Hoyoux.
The first village originated around the Roman castrum, an early fortress located on the right bank of the River Meuse.
A new fortress was built by the Dutch in 1818 at the same strategic location above the town.
The four 'wonders of Huy' are (in Huy dialect):
- Li Pontia, the bridge over the River Meuse
- Li Rondia, the rose window of the Gothic Notre-Dame Collegiate Church
- Li Bassinia, the 15th-century fountain that stands in the middle of the Grand Place
- Li Tchestia, the 1818 fortress that dominates the city
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Woensdag is het tijd voor de Waalse Pijl. La Flèche Wallonne, zoals de koers in het Frans heet, heeft met de Muur van Hoei eHuy (pronounced: [ɥi]; Dutch: Hoei; Walloon: Hu) is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. Huy lies along the river Meuse, at the mouth of the small river Hoyoux. It is in the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia, home to about two-thirds of the Walloon population. The Huy municipality includes the sub-municipalities of Ben-Ahin, Neuville-sous-Huy, and Tihange.,2016: Alejandro Valverde (Spa)
2015: Alejandro Valverde (Spa)
2014: Alejandro Valverde (Spa)
2013: Daniel Moreno (Spa)
2012: Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa)
2011: Philippe Gilbert (Bel)
2010: Cadel Evans (Aus)
2009: Davide Rebellin (Ita)
2008: Kim Kirchen (Lux)
2007: Davide Rebellin (Ita)
Cycling[edit]
Huy is home to the finish of the La Flèche Wallonne (English: Walloon Arrow; Dutch: Waalse Pijl), an important 1-day cycling race held midweek in mid-April. The race traverses, and finishes, at the summit of the Mur de Huy (English: Wall of Huy), a climb of about 1 kilometer with an average gradient of 10%, with sections of 20%. Huy has also been used in the Tour de France four times: 1995, 2001, 2006 and 2015.
In popular culture[edit]
Huy was used as the location for the 2014 BBC television drama series The Missing.
Famous persons[edit]
Renier de Huy, metalworker (first half of the 12th century)
Joseph Lebeau, politician (1794-1865)
Anne-Marie Lizin, politician (born in 1949)
André Malherbe, three-time motocross world champion
Meingold of Huy, Roman Catholic saint (died 892)
John Joseph Merlin, inventor of the roller skate (September 17, 1735 in Huy - May 4, 1803 in London)
Peter the Hermit, instigator of the First Crusade (1050 in Amiens - 1115 in Huy)
Le Père Pire, recipient of the 1958 Nobel Peace Prize, lived in Huy (February 10, 1910 in Dinant - January 30, 1969)
Alizée Poulicek
Patrick Sarsfield, (1660 – 21 August 1693) 1st Earl of Lucan. Cavalry commander of Jacobite forces at the Siege of Limerick, Ireland, General in French Army following Flight of the Wild Geese is buried here, in the graveyard of St. Martin's Church.
Léon Lhoist, businessman
Huy Trinh, Definer of the Huy Curve, Nutty Movement LegendMeuse. In the latter part of the 17th century, Louis XIV’s wars caused the city to be repeatedly attacked and put to the sword, to the point that the frustrated inhabitants dismantled their own castle, source of their miseries, in 1715.
A new fortress was built by the Dutch in 1818 at the same strategic location above the town. The 19th century was a period of relative prosperity based on the paper and other industries. The decline of heavy industry in the 20th century was felt here, as in other parts of Wallonia. Today, the city has started to prosper again, thanks in part to its tin products and tourist activity.
In 1970 the Tihange Nuclear Power Station was built.
Folklore[edit]
Every seven years, a religious procession takes place in the so-called 'septennial festivities' in commemoration of the end of a drought in 1656. The last one took place on August 15, 2012.
Main sights[edit]
See also: List of protected heritage sites in Huy
The four 'wonders of Huy' are (in Huy dialect):
Li Pontia, the bridge over the River Meuse
Li Rondia, the rose window of the Gothic Notre-Dame collegiate church
Li Bassinia, the 15th-century fountain that stands in the middle of the Grand Place
Li Tchestia or the Citadel of Huy, the 1818 fortress that dominates the city
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GoPro H4 Black | Collégiale Notre-Dame et Saint-Domitien de Huy
05/12/14
Very dark inside
4K Protune
Huy, la ville aux 4 merveilles
Huy est une petite ville de la province de Liège.
Malgré les apparences, Huy renferme un véritable trésor historique, héritage du passé prestigieux de la localité qui fut, au Moyen-Âge, la seconde ville la plus importante de la province de Liège.
Les hutois ont élu, à l'échelle de leur cité, quatre monuments en tant que merveilles.
On trouve tout d'abord, Li Rondia, la rosace située dans la plus haute tour de la Collégiale Notre-Dame, Li Bassinia, cette fontaine médiévale située en plein centre de la Grand-Place, Li Tchestia, l'ancien château de la ville qui fut l'objet de beaucoup de convoitises et enfin Li Pontia, ce pont permettant la traversée de la Meuse depuis des temps relativement anciens.
Ces noms ont comme particularité de se terminer en ia qui est du wallon hutois.
Huy période de guerre
Images de guerre
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Belgium: Dinant and its Citadel
Dinant is a Walloon city and municipality located on the River Meuse in the Belgian province of Namur.
The city's landmark is the Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame. It was rebuilt in Gothic style on its old foundations after falling rocks from the adjacent cliff partially destroyed the former Romanesque style church in 1227. Several stages for a pair of towers on the west end were completed before the project was abandoned in favour of the present central tower with a famous onion dome and facetted multi-staged lantern.
Above the church rises the vertical flank of the rocher surmounted by the fortified Citadel that was first built in the 11th century to control the Meuse valley. The Prince-Bishops of Liège rebuilt and enlarged it in 1530; the French destroyed it in 1703. Its present aspect, with the rock-hewn stairs (408 steps), is due to rebuilding in 1821, during the United Kingdom of the Netherlands phase of Dinant's chequered history. A cable car is available during the high season to take visitors from the Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame to the top of the Citadel.
For more information abour Dinant see:
Huy, carillon de la collégiale Notre-Dame et Saint Domitien
Huy, carillon de la collégiale Notre-Dame et Saint Domitien.
Hoei, beiaard van de collegiale Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-en-Domitianuskerk.
Gauthier Bernard joue Esquisse n° 4, extrait de 4 esquisses (Gauthier Bernard).
An Lommelen speelt Harry Lime-thema uit de film The Third Man (Anton Karas, bewerking van Réné Vanstreel).
Gefilmd op 2015-10-10 ter gelegenheid van het bezoek door Campanae Lovanienses.
Collégiale de Huy
Collégiale de Huy
Croisière sur la Meuse à Huy
Petite Croisière sur la Meuse à Huy avec repas à Oteppe.
Huy, oui ma ville
Séquences acteurs
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View from the La Meuse River on Huy Town (1)
Vue de la Meuse sur la ville de Huy Blick von der Maas auf die Stadt Huy
Belgium - La Meuse 26. 04. 2011
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Visite de Huy
Visite de Huy avec l'ILC st François ... Délires ...
un souvenir musical de Huy (belgium)
carillon de la mairie
La procession de la Vierge de la Sarte à Huy (1928) - Enquête du Musée de la Vie wallonne
Enquête du Musée de la Vie wallonne consacrée à la procession de la Vierge lors des fêtes septennales de Huy, en 1928 (film 8000030, muet).
Plus d’infos ? Consultez le catalogue en ligne des collections du Musée : viewallonne.be
ville de huy , fort et collegiale
vue par drone
Départ nouveau SMUR VW Tiguan - GHDC Notre Dame Charleroi
Départ nouveau SMUR/VLM Volkswagen Tiguan du Grand Hôpital de Charleroi site Notre-Dame, avec Battenburg design. C'est une des prémieres types sur une chasis Tiguan à Belgique.
Uitruk van de nieuwe MUG voor het Grand Hôpital ziekenhuis in Charleroi. Het betreft een Volkswagen Tiguan uitgerust met de nieuwe Battenburg striping. Dit is ook één van de drie eerste MUG op gebouwd op een VW Tiguan chasis.
Neue Volkswagen Tiguan Notarzteinsatzfahrzeug (NEF ) auf einsatzfahrt.
Here you can see the new Volkswagen Tiguan ALS/Doctor car responding from a hospital in Charleroi. This unit has the new Batterburg design, which all emergency vehicles will need to have in Belgium.
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Huy La Maison Batta
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Souffle un peu - première édition (2009, Huy, Belgique)