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608498, Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience
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Full text | 338 Route 29. SPA. From Pepinster by the name of Tecta, was formerly the capital of the Pays deab Franchimont; nevertheless it only attained to the rank of a town ov in 1436. It is well built and prettily situated; in the neighbour--1 hood are extensive quarries which yield excellent black marble. A little beyond Theux at the confluence of the Hoégne and bi Wahay is the village of Francamont, celebrated for its ruined |b: castle and for the heroism displayed, during the siege of Liege by Y¥ Charles the Bold and Louis XI, hy 600 of its inhabs., who, on the a: eve of the day fixed for the general assault of the town, banded b: themselves together with the resolution. of seizing or slaying those 9: 2 monarchs as they lay in their quarters before the town on 29 @: Oct. 1468. They had almost penetrated to the royal lodgings 2: when the alarm was given and the brave men of Franchimont ty were nearly all cut to pieces. Not satisfied with this, Charles 2: ordered the village to be burnt and all its inhabs. to be put to o death. Their heroism is still commemorated by an inscription (a on the face of the rock by the road'side- 3 kil. La Ret. ‘ 4 kil. Spa. Inns: — H. de Flandre; — H. de York; — - H. @Orange; — H. de Bellevue; — H. des Pays-Bas;— H. de Europe; — H. de Limburg. The town consists almost entirely of inns and lodging-houses. The dinner hour at the table d’hote is 2 or 3 p.m, Spa is beautifully situated in a sort of semicircular basin sur- rounded by mountains forming a part of the chain of the Ardennes. The town consists of 4 streets and contains about 600 houses, the majority. of which have been built solely for the accommodation of sammer visitors, who, in the height of the season, often exceed one thousand in number; in winter more than half of these habi- tations are empty, the number of permanent inhabitants not ex- ceeding 4000. Spa, the most fashionable watering-place in Belgium, is resorted | | to by strangers from all parts of Europe, and has from time imme- morial been constantly honoured by the presence of the highest nobility. There are 7 mineral fountains in and near this place esteemed for their medicinal qualities : the principal one, called the Pouhon (Walloon for well) is situated in the centre of the town, beneath a portico erected in 1820 by the King of the Netherlands in memory of Peter the Great, who by medns of its waters recovered his health in 1717. The building contains a pump-room in which a band plays from 7 to 9 a. m. during the season, and where the newspapers of different countries may be seen; the inscription over the door was set up by Peter the Great. It is from this source. that the Spa water is drawn (about 1000 pitchers daily), which is sent to all parts of the world for the poe eRe |
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Source listing | Weale, W.H. James, Belgium, Aix-la-Chapelle and Cologne: an entirely new guide book for travellers, 608498, Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience |