Moha (; wa, Mouhå) is a village and district of the municipality of
Wanze
Wanze (; wa, Wônse) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Antheit, Bas-Oha, Huccorgne, Moha, Vinalmont, and Wanze.
Notable residents
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, located in the
province of Liège in
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 ...
, Belgium.
From the end of the 9th century until the early 10th, Moha was the seat of the
County of Moha, and the today ruined was the seat of the counts. Small-scale extraction of
lead
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and
silver
Silver is a chemical element with the symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical ...
took place here during the
Middle Ages
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; in the 19th century large-scale stone quarries were established.
Apart from the castle, there are several other historical buildings in the village, including a fortified farm from the 16th century. The current village church was built in 1912 and replaced an older structure.
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Populated places in Liège Province