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Excavations are conducted year-round at Moha Castle, making it unique in Belgium. When I visited, two archaeologists were uncovering a wall that runs beneath the visible castle and likely dates back to the 12th century.

The castle is free to visit. At the foot of the rock, there's a visitor center where you can pick up a badge to open the gate. For €4, you can also get a brochure with information about the most important points. The castle is only open to visitors starting in April, but the friendly man at the visitor center let me in on February 27th... as far as you can even call it "inside" at this ruin ;-)

Quarries have been a major industry in this region for almost a century. In recent decades, further expansion projects have been planned here in Moha. These have repeatedly met with resistance from residents of neighboring Vinalmont, where the rural hamlets of Wanzoul and Roua are threatened by an expansion of the quarry's current infrastructure. During a public inquiry organized by the local government in 1997, the number of written protests (nearly 1,500) exceeded the total number of residents of Vinalmont (over 1,070). Source: Wikipedia

The fortified tower, situated on the edge of the Fosseroule stream and defending the valley, is considered a peripheral bastion of Moha Castle, located a mile and a half away. Agricultural and residential buildings form an enclosed complex, built between the 17th and 19th centuries. In the eastern corner stands an imposing tower, built of limestone rubble, with a square plan (16th century) on a wider, sloping base. This tower originates from an earlier structure, the cellars of which have also been preserved. The openings were modified, and in the 17th century, the tower was extended on the south side with a bay of limestone rubble and brick, reaching the limits of the original structure. To the west of the tower stands a two-story house, perpendicular to the tower, built of limestone rubble, probably dating from the 17th century. Source: bibliotheca.wanze.be

One of the events held annually at this location is the Marsinne Folk Festival (September). It was founded in 1991 at the Moulin de Ferrières, but moved here years ago. Furthermore, a brewery has also been located at the castle farm since 2013: the Leopold 7 brewery, actually a reconstruction of a brewery that was already active here in the mid-19th century.

The war memorial at the church in Oteppe commemorates one military victim and the veterans of the First World War (11 names on the right side). First World War: Delfosse Joseph, Keiem, October 19, 1914. He is also mentioned on the war memorial in Lamontzée. The text on the memorial reads: "To our heroes, death for the fatherland." Two memorial plaques are mounted on the plinth. The first memorial commemorates Plumier Elie, who died as a prisoner of war in Neubrandenburg (Germany) on June 28, 1943. A second memorial plaque commemorates the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps (1945–1995). Source: tracesofwar.nl

The history of the church of Oteppe dates back to the 14th century (perhaps even the 13th). The patronage of the church of Oteppe had been held by Orval Abbey in Villers-devant-Orval since 1304. In 1700, the tower and nave of the church were rebuilt. A new choir was also built in 1774, but it was rebuilt again half a century later, in 1832-1833, along with the entire nave. The tower was rebuilt in 1887, but it turned out that the nave vaults could not support the weight of the new tower. This resulted in a more complex and extensive renovation than initially planned. The church furnishings date from the 18th or 19th century. The 18th-century main altar originally stood in the Saint-Quirinus Priory in Huy. Source: Wikipedia

Since 1965, the Oteppe castle and its surrounding estate (65 ha) have been run as a holiday centre ("L'Hirondelle") with a hotel, campsite, holiday chalets and bungalows, swimming pools, playground and fishing ponds; as a result, the village's population has almost doubled during the summer months.