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🏰 **Château de Cons-la-Grandville – A Journey Through the Centuries** The imposing castle of **Cons-la-Grandville**, near the border with Luxembourg, combines Romanesque origins with Renaissance and Baroque architecture. Built on the foundations of a Gallo-Roman villa, it was expanded and remodeled several times from the 11th century onwards. Particularly worth seeing: the Romanesque cloister, the elegant façade, and the magnificent courtyard. 🕰️ The château was the residence of the noble de Cons family, later also a monastery, and has been lovingly restored. Today it is a listed monument and open to visitors. **Tip:** Be sure to visit the cloister – one of the oldest preserved of its kind in Lorraine. Ideal as a stopover on the way between France and Luxembourg.

Good except in rainy weather lots of mud

It's still hard to climb by bike, but on foot it's a pleasure.

Shortcut once taken by steel workers to reach their factories.

The Récollets park where the former Longwy Olympic swimming pool was located wanted to become a park for an aborted thermal center.

Charming little historic town with an excellent restaurant Le Gras Q

You will be able to explore the traces of the mining activity that lasted from the 19th century until 1982, when the mine closed due to the exhaustion of the ore seam. You can see the entrances to the underground tunnels, some of which are still accessible, as well as the remains of the ore processing plant demolished in 1963. Along the way, you will also enjoy panoramic views of the wooded hills and red sandstones, typical of the region where the iron-rich sedimentary rock called Minette is found. It is a great way to discover the industrial heritage and natural beauty of Halanzy.

It is a memorial stele and burial place for French soldiers who died during the Battle of France in 1940. It is located in the village of Halanzy, in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. Halanzy is a former mining town which boomed in the 19th and 20th centuries thanks to its iron ore deposits.