Faulx-les-Tombes ( wa, Få-les-Tombes) is a village of
Wallonia
Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...
and a district of the municipality of
Gesves, located in the
province of Namur,
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
.
Remains of Roman settlements have been discovered in the area, which was settled already during the
Paleolithic. After the foundation of the
Grandpré Abbey, the village became a dependency on the abbey until the
French Revolution
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. In more recent history, 141 men from the village were deported to Germany in 1916, during
World War I
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and the
Rape of Belgium
The Rape of Belgium was a series of systematic war crimes, especially mass murder and deportation and enslavement, by German troops against Belgian civilians during the invasion and occupation of Belgium in World War I.
The neutrality o ...
.
The village church dates from 1874 and was designed by
Hendrik Beyaert
Hendrik Beyaert (Dutch) or Henri Beyaert ( French) (29 July 1823 – 22 January 1894) was a Belgian architect. He is considered one of the most important Belgian architects of the 19th century.
Biography
Beyaert was of very humble descen ...
in a
Romanesque revival
Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...
style. The
Grandpré Abbey, which dates from the
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...
, is also located in Faulx-les-Tombes. The
Faulx-les-Tombes Castle, as well as the privately owned Château d'Arville (built 1616, rebuilt during the 19th century) are also in or in the vicinity of the village.
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Former municipalities of Namur (province)