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The Tombeau du Géant is a hill formed by a meander of the Semois River. The hill is located on the left bank of the Semois, a few kilometers downstream from Bouillon. The Tombeau du Géant, a listed Natural Monument, is one of the most famous and most photographed locations in the Belgian Ardennes and the Semois Valley. The most popular viewpoint is near the village of Botassart, about 450 meters as the crow flies from the Semois and about 140 meters above the river. It offers a view of the river's meander around a well-preserved wooded hill that ends at an altitude of 250 meters. (Wikipedia)

This inn was founded in 1813 by the German tailor Michel-Henri Schmitz. It also served as a landmark in the midst of the extensive surrounding peat bogs, where travellers often got lost. On the facade of the house there is an old bell that was rung in earlier times when there was fog etc. to give the people of the Venn orientation.

The really highest point is just behind the restaurant. Here, however, is a nice vantage point for animal observation.

Huge painting awakens here on a high viewpoint...

Beautiful fairytale views when it has snowed

The Tomb of the Giant is classified as "exceptional heritage of Wallonia". It offers a spectacular view of a bend in the Semois. According to legend, a giant would be buried there who, refusing to be a prisoner of the Romans after the Battle of the Sambre, would have preferred to throw himself into the void rather than die in the arenas of the Colosseum.

Built in 1923, this hill marks the highest point in Belgium (Botrange signal - 694 meters). At six meters high, it also allows visitors to reach the symbolic altitude of 700 meters.

Botassart hides in a wide valley bottom containing the beautiful natural site of the 'Tombeau du Géant', registered on the list of exceptional heritage of Wallonia. Victor Hugo himself was a great admirer of this corner of the Semois, considered one of the most beautiful. In a beautiful setting of forests, the Semois meanders in a long meander, strangled around a rocky hill. The regular shape of the wooded hill surrounded by the river has earned it the name 'Tombeau du Géant'. According to legend, a Gallic giant was murdered by a Centurion from Labienus' army. His body was found by an old man who buried him with the help of young teenagers on this hill that has since been called 'Le Tombeau du Géant'.