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Lire la suiteThe Maison Legros The Maison Legros still bears witness to the prosperity of the village in the 18th century, when the transport of goods on the Ourthe made it a major commercial centre. Set in a garden that once extended...
Lire la suiteThe Thonus estate The property owned by the Thonus family, who were adjudicators for the water crossing, iron receivers, forge masters and merchants, consisted of a large U-shaped courtyard opening onto the Ourthe and occupied by four buildings, of which...
Lire la suiteBarvaux and the Ourthe. From time immemorial, the river has been an essential route for trade: roads were rare, poorly maintained and impassable in winter. The history of Barvaux is deeply linked to the Ourthe. Between the 14th and 19th...
Lire la suiteThe Oût'leûs These navigators of the Ourthe, aware of the dangers of the job, usually had three men to steer the boat. When the boat was lowered, two men manoeuvred it: the driver (often the master boatman), who operated the...
Lire la suiteThe bètchète The bètchète (a term of Walloon origin) was a long, flat-bottomed river boat used mainly to transport goods and sometimes people in the Ardennes massif. They were particularly common in the Ourthe basin (Ourthe, Vesdre, Amblève, Salm, Canal...
Lire la suiteNavigation on the Ourthe Navigation on the Ourthe dates back to ancient times. As early as the 10th century, the abbeys favoured this mode of transport. Boats sailed up the Ourthe beyond La Roche. The river was an essential means...
Lire la suiteThe port of Barvaux This extract from the 1826 cadastral map shows the precise course of the river at that time. It shows the three islands and the Grand Bati ford. The Ourthe can be seen running alongside Lambert Joseph...
Lire la suiteThe pleasures of the river Rivers have always attracted many water sports enthusiasts. The Ourthe is no exception. Some areas were, and still are, popular for swimming, such as the Gère site. Others, such as the mill reach, were ideal...
Lire la suiteLa Gère In 1620, Mathieu de Geer, cousin of the famous Liège businessman Louis de Geer (founder of the Swedish iron and steel industry), owned a foundry in Mormont (Erezée) and set up a warehouse in Barvaux upstream of the...
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