juillet 2015 Archives

« Down Memory Lane »

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Nestor Outer, from travels to memory lane

22
juil
2015

Par Fanny Lardot 22 juillet 2015 Catégories Facts and Historical sites Pas de commentaires

Nestor Outer, Watercolour After the battle

In Virton, the name of Nestor Ouster inevitably evokes something to the people of Gaume. The prolific and marginal artist from the beginning of last century gave his name to the town square and to the Athénée royal.(Secondary school) Furthermore, the Musée gaumais has republished and revisited the rare and very searched after…

Edmond Dauchot, the photographer of the Ardennes, and the invigorating wandering through his region.

19
juin
2015

Par Pascale Ghislain 19 juin 2015 Catégories Other Pas de commentaires

A fascinating Ardennes in black and white I invite you to discover an exceptional photographer who plunges us into yesteryear’s Ardennes. His name: Edmond Dauchot. This town boy, born in Gosselies near Charleroi, decides to abandon a very comfortable family life to settle in the Upper-Ardennes. I’m talking of the nineteen thirties. He…

Travel in Folon’s country (1934-2005)

8
juin
2015

Par Pascale Ghislain 8 juin 2015 Catégories Facts and Historical sites Pas de commentaires

Two bronzes and 16 stained-glass windows in Belgian Luxembourg Jean-Michel Folon was born in Uccle, in Walloon Brabant. This Belgian artist is renowned worldwide. He has touched many things with talent : painting, water-colours engraving, sculpture, ceramics. He associated with remarkable craftsmen to create tapestries, stained-glass windows, bronzes. His universe in inhabited by…

Legendary stones, constructions of nature or mysterious works?

3
juin
2015

Par Emilie Batter 3 juin 2015 Catégories Facts and Historical sites Pas de commentaires

The legendary stones If the tales and legends, that we listen to gathered around a wood fire or during walks, make us shiver or marvel, there are legendary sites that intrigue us. Being a great fan of local stories, I would like to lead you to the universe of legendary stones. If the…

The Battle of the Bulge commemorates its 70th anniversary

1
juin
2015

Par Fanny Lardot 1 juin 2015 Catégories 2nd World War Pas de commentaires

Why does it so interest the Führer? Who still remembers the 44-45 winter? Indeed, the cold has never been as punishing as that year, but those freezing cold weeks are also known as Hitler’s last great offensive, ready to launch all his military forces still standing in order to win the conflict. Today,…

The post-war reconstruction

1
juin
2015

Par Fanny Lardot 1 juin 2015 Catégories 2nd World War Pas de commentaires

La place du Bronze détruite, La Roche J.-M. Bodelet

The investigation of a journalist of those days : how does La Roche rebuild itself ? Rummaging through my grandparent’s attic, I happened upon some old press articles dating back to the immediate post-war period. One of them particularly caught my attention. It relates to an investigation by Roger Crouquet, for Le soir…

Commemorate the Battle of the Bulge

1
juin
2015

Par Fanny Lardot 1 juin 2015 Catégories 2nd World War Pas de commentaires

December 2014 : 70 years ago, the Ardennes became a vast battlefield with the sadly famous « Battle of the Bulge ». It was the 16th of December 1944. The last witnesses of this battle are leaving us one after the other with their war memories. In this context, to safeguard the memory, the «…

The Ardennes and its museums dedicated to the Battle of the Bulge, the will to keep the memory alive.

24
avr
2015

Par Fanny Lardot 24 avril 2015 Catégories 2nd World War, Facts and Historical sites Pas de commentaires

The « martyr » town of Bastogne has no less than 5 museums dedicated to the battle that devastated the Ardennes a second time in under 4 years. There are many other institutions that bring forward the audacity of the allied armies or the civilian’s day to day life. In each one of them, the…