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to Givet. WAULSORT. 19. Route, 227
the Rue Léopold leads to the S. (right) from the Grand’ Place. To
the right, in the Grande Rue, is the old Hétel de Ville (17-18th cent.),
containing some paintings by Wiertz, and farther on, to the left, at
a little distance from the street, is the Palais de Justice (built in
4879). In the Rue Wiertz which leads to the right towards the
Meuse is a monument, by De Haene (1908) to Wiertz (see above and
p. 444), who was born at Dinant. About 5 min. from the Grand’
Place the Rue St. Michel diverges to the left, leading to the Jardin
de Montfat (fine views), which contains the Grottes de Montfat
(adm. 2 fr. ; visit of { hr.). From the interior of the caverns a spiral
staircase leads up to the highest point of the garden (7 min. below
the citadel). No. 29 in the Rue St. Michel (on the left) is the
Casino (strangers admitted gratis), the terraced garden of which
commands excellent views of the town and river.
At the back of the church of Notre Dame are steps in the rock,
408 in number, leading to the Citadel, which was sold in 1879 to a
private purchaser; it may be reached also by a footpath from the
Rue St. Jacques in 12 minutes. It affords a picturesque “View of
the valley of the Meuse from Bouvignes to Anseremme (adm. 50 ¢.;
to the armoury, 410 c. extra), From the hill behind the citadel a path
descends to the road to Ciney (p. 233).
A little to the N. of Dinant is the Fonds de Leffe, a narrow
rocky ravine with numerous water-mills, so-called after Leffe, the
N. suburb of Dinant.
From Dinant to Jemelle (Trou de Han, etc.), see R. 20; to Tamines, p. 221.
Light railway to Florennes-Est, see p. 220.
The railway to Givet continues to follow the left bank of the
Meuse. On the right bank appear the houses of the suburb of Les
Rivages, and (1 M. above Dinant) the bold pinnacle of rock called
the Roche d Bayard (the name of the horse of the ‘Quatre Fils
d’Aymon’, which left a hoof-mark here as it sprang over the valley,
when pursued by Charlemagne). In the vicinity are quarries of
black marble. Farther on we see the long viaduct of the Lesse valley
railway and the village of Anseremme (p. 229), on the right bank.
A short tunnel carries the railway through the cliffs of Moniat,
beyond which we pass one of the finest points in the valley of the
Meuse. Here, at the foot of wooded hills on the left bank of the
river, is situated the Chateau of Freyr, the ancestral seat of the
Beaufort-Spontin family, with well-kept gardens. Hasily accessible
stalactite cavern in the vicinity. Opposite, precipitous rocks of
grotesque shapes rise immediately from the river.
221/5 M. Waulsort (330 ft.; Hétel de la Meuse, R. 11/o-2, B. 4,
D. 219-3, S. 13/4, pens. 41/o-5 fr.; Hét. Moderne, R. 2-3, D. 2,
pens. 41/5-51/, fr.; Hot.-Pens. Martinot; Hét. de Waulsort), with a
large chateau (formerly a Benedictine abbey) and fine garden. Op-
posite is the Rocher du Chien and farther up are the scanty ruins of
the castle of Thierry. — 26M. Hastigre-Lavaux (Hotel Brouet, |
