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608498, Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience
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Full text | 402 Route 44. VIRTON. ‘a From Namur gade commanded by Gen, Loison came and encamped on ther heights above the Abbey to the E.; the officers were lodged in th abbey and the monks continued their daily religious duties usual, little suspecting what was going te happen, when, in thes nicht, at agiven signal, the abbey was nent invaded hy th soldiers and a number of peasants led on by a priest who owed: his education and every thing he possessed to the liberality of thet! fi monks,(he ended his days on the scaffold at Luxemburg in 1804 having been found guilty of murder); the religious were fort nately. able to escape through the woods to Luxemburg taking wit them the sacred vessels. It is almost impossible to form an ide of the hideous orgies that ensued; during,$ days the pillage conti: nued, and at length on 23 June, an immense pile of wood mingled! with bomb shells and barrels of gunpowder having been heapetac up in the church, the whole was set fire to; the buildings conti nued to burn for 8 weeks: for 15 years after this the ruins regi mained untouched; the abbey was then sold, and the purchaser removed all the metal and marble he could find together with thes paving-stones; for 40 years after this the ruins served as a war house to which persons resorted for building material. In Si the property was sold for 2,402,000 frs. i The road from Orval to Virton runs past Lives; here a cross# road on rt. leads to Aviota where is a fine 3 aisled cruciformi Church, with 3 porches adorned with statuary; here area stongs pulpit of 11382, a credence table and canopied sedilia, an altams: sculptured in the style of the Renaissance, a beautiful hexagonal baptistery, several fine statues, etc. Maree is a small town seated at the junction of the Vire anh Ton which latter joins the Chiers at Montmedy. The Churchi iat modern. The road from here runs past La Tour near which are the ruingh of a castle of the XIII cent.,Sieneuts, and Hatanzy, to AUBANGE, large village with an exceedingly comfortable inn kept by 2 sisters: of the name of Bosseler. There isa good road from here to AnLomia 9 miles by Messancy; see Rte. 44, p. 404. ROUTE “4. NAMUR TO CINEY, MARCHE, BASTOGNE, ARLON AND LUXEMBURG. The line to Luxemburg will not be completed for some years,.e’ but the section to S. Hubert was opened on 15 July. On leaving ae Namur the line crosses the Meuse by a fine bridge. The dst Stat, 188i 10 kil. Naniwne. Not far from this, on l., is Wuierpe, theae Church of which village, ded. to our Lady of the Rosary, is @& |
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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 |