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Augustinian Abbey on the Meuse River, whose origins date back to 1075. The complex features an impressive corner tower, gateway, abbey church, dovecote, watermill, brewery, and other outbuildings. Later, it also housed a tax collection house and the abbot's palace. Today, it's a large school complex that can be very busy on a Wednesday afternoon.

The castle of Otrange, which belonged to the de Liberts, the Lords of Otrange, at the end of the Old Regime, suffered at the hands of Republican troops, who stayed there several times and built a hospital there in 1794. The castle remained unoccupied until at least 1792 and 1835. The descendants of Berthold-Louis de Libert sold the property at the beginning of the 19th century to the Grisard family, Liège industrialists active in the iron trade and cannon manufacture. It passed to the widow of Servais Grisard, née Jeanne-Hélène-Victoire Grisar, who bequeathed it to her nephew, Pierre Alexandre de Blochouse (1773-1849), the mayor of Otrange. He was married to Marie-Josèphe Magnée de Hornes (de Bommershov). Then came his son, Marcel Alexandre (Liège 1797 - Grammont 1853), who had married Adélaide du Bois of Basècles, who died in Ixelles in 1880 but was buried in Otrange. On July 20, 1874, the widow Marcel-Alexandre de Blochouse and her children transferred the property by family agreement to Émile Henri Naveau, husband of Louise Demarteau, who died in Otrange in 1907. The château passed by inheritance to Caroline Naveau, daughter of Émile, who married Nicolas Breuls; then to her daughter Juliette Breuls, wife of Knight Georges de Schaetzen; and finally to the latter's son, Knight Jean de Schaetzen van Brienen (died 2007), who married Sabine de Neve de Roden, the current occupant of the castle.

It is a building dating from 1719 to the end of the 18th century, with a core dating back to the 16th century. The tower of the old church is integrated into the castle. Nature and

visible from the road (private property)

Beautiful hill. Probably the best choice for traveling from the Meuse Valley to the Ourthe-Amblève Valleys. Tree-lined trail, good road condition, and very little traffic.

The church of Celles is probably the only church in Belgium dedicated to Saint Madelberta. To be honest: I had never heard of this saint before. Saint Madelberta was a Merovingian noblewoman who succeeded her deceased sister Aldetrudis as abbess of Maubeuge in 696. Madelberta was venerated quite soon after her death. It is not impossible that the convoy that brought her relics to Liège at the beginning of the 8th century stopped in Celles; after all, Celles was close to the Roman road that led from Bavay to Cologne. I was lucky enough to have a look inside the church. The friendly lady who let me in proudly pointed out the glass cabinet at the front right of the church; it contained relics of various saints (but not of Saint Madelberta?)

Haneffe also commemorates the two official world wars and their impact on the municipality and the people who lost their lives. The monument that was erected for this purpose, together with the names of the victims, can be found on the central square, just at the exit of the very small village park where you can relax for a while.

The Saint-Pierre church, built of sandstone and limestone rubble, was almost entirely rebuilt in the 19th century, in neo-Gothic style. Only the tower and the choir of the previous sanctuary have been preserved and are affected by the classification measure. Located to the north, the strong quadrangular tower is entirely made of limestone. On the north side, the chainage bears the date 1393. Another commemorative slab with the coat of arms of the lords of Haneffe, dated 1593, informs us of a restoration of the whole at that time. The tower is pierced, on three sides, with arched bays equipped with louvers. It is topped with a hexagonal slate spire interrupted by dormer windows. The choir, built in 1545, was raised in 1778 and then remodeled in neo-Gothic style in 1895 by the architect Edmond Jamar who added five ogival bays. The nave, from the 18th century, was restored in 1838 and then modified by Jamar who added a transept. Inside, the church is decorated with a shingle vault, entirely polychrome, made in 1896 by Benjamin Deterville and Walthère Colette. Among the preserved furniture, two funerary slabs are also protected by the classification measure. At the entrance to the nave, in the wall, the beautiful slab of the priest Moes is dated 1658. In an arm of the transept, we find the magnificent funerary slab in black limestone of Godfroid de Mirbach, known as Mirbicht, who died in 1551, and his two wives, Anne de Wihogne and Isabelle de la Falloise, the latter having died in 1552. The three figures are represented lying in bas-relief. Below, we find their coats of arms in twelve quarters. Listed as a monument (tower, choir and two funerary slabs) on 23 October 1957. Source: AWaP https://qrwallonie.be/QR/Donce003?code=Donce003&language=fra