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Neoclassical country house built of limestone and brick by Théodor de Géradon in 1853. In the 19th century, the family further embellished it with two square houses. Current owner Bernard Jolly restored its original grayish-white facade. Unfortunately, the castle's charm is not visible from the road. Among the outbuildings is the old abbey farm, which dates back to the early 18th century but was later incorporated into the castle.

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

The natural stone church initially belonged to the castle but later became the parish church of the village.

This chapel of Our Lady was consecrated on 6 October 1946 in gratitude for the protection during the Second World War and as a tribute to Baroness Marie Dutontbare de Fumal (1854-1939).

The Saint Martin's Church is a building that dates from the 16th century, but was thoroughly renovated in 1884 by the Liège architect Edmond Jamar (1853-1929). He did not really change the external volume, but rebuilt it in a neo-Gothic style. The fact that the church is located within a castle enclosure points to a very old origin. The chapel of a Merovingian villa probably once stood on this site. During the expansion work on the cemetery in 1968, two Merovingian graves from the 7th century were discovered. One contained the skeleton of a young girl, and the other contained the remains of a child. The church was severely damaged at the end of the 17th century by the French armies that had set up camp in Fumal. The church was restored several times in the 18th century. Source: information board on site & Wikipedia

The artwork was created in 1966 by the artist Pierre Pétry. It is set on a stone from 1686 from the old Pontia. The work depicts five citizens in medieval costume with coats of arms. The coat of arms of the county of Huy, the coat of arms of the prince-bishop Albert de Cuick, the emblem of the steps of Huy symbolizing the judicial authority of the prince who died around 1560, the coat of arms of the Fèbvres profession and finally the coat of arms of the city of Huy. Source: http://www.wikihuy.be/index.php?title=Les_Bourgeois

Witness to an industrial era without soul or verticality, the horror of this sculpture will be shared by all generations except one.