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Wallonie
Walloon BrabantNivellesCourt-Saint-ÉtienneBorne-Potale van Tangissart
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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën
August 28, 2026
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Borne-potale – a piece of Walloon heritage along the road
Anyone walking or cycling through Wallonia will regularly come across such a special borne-potale: a small, free-standing stone chapel with a niche and a statue of a saint. A typical piece of Walloon folk heritage that you will hardly find elsewhere in this form.
The word potale refers to the niche in the column. These chapels are often built from the local grey limestone and feature a statue of Our Lady or Saint Donatus, the patron saint against thunderstorms and lightning.
Anyone walking or cycling through Wallonia will regularly come across such a special borne-potale: a small, free-standing stone chapel with a niche and a statue of a saint. A typical piece of Walloon folk heritage that you will hardly find elsewhere in this form.
The word potale refers to the niche in the column. These chapels are often built from the local grey limestone and feature a statue of Our Lady or Saint Donatus, the patron saint against thunderstorms and lightning.
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