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Plombières
Plombières (; or ''Bleiberg'', ; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On 1 January 2006, Plombières had a total population of 10,401. The total area is 53.17 km2 which gives a population density of 200 inhabitants per km2. The municipality consists of the following districts: Gemmenich, Hombourg, Montzen, Moresnet, and Sippenaeken. The local language is Low Dietsch, a bridge dialect between East Limburgish Limburgish ( or ; ; also Limburgian, Limburgic or Limburgan) refers to a group of South Low Franconian Variety (linguistics), varieties spoken in Belgium and the Netherlands, characterized by their distance to, and limited participation ... and Ripuarian. Gallery Image:Sippenaeken, dorpszicht foto8 2011-03-25 11.35.JPG, Sippenaeken, view to the village Image:Beusdael Castle (2).jpg, Beusdael Castle in Sippenaeken Image:Gemmenich, straatzicht foto3 2011-03-25 11.07.JPG, Gemmenich street Image:Gemmenich, é ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Protected Heritage Sites In Plombières
This table shows an overview of the beschermd erfgoed, protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Plombières. This list is part of Belgium's National Heritage Site (Belgium), national heritage. See also * List of protected heritage sites in Liège (province) * Plombières References * Belgian heritage register: Direction générale opérationnelle - Aménagement du territoire, Logement, Patrimoine et Energie (DGwww.dglive.be {{DEFAULTSORT:List of protected heritage sites in Plombieres Lists of protected heritage sites in Liège Province, Plombieres Plombières ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plombières Agreement
The Plombières Agreement (, ) of 21 July 1858 was a secret verbal agreement which took place at Plombières-les-Bains between the chief minister of Kingdom of Sardinia, Piedmont-Sardinia, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, and the Emperor of the French, French Emperor, Napoleon III. Some older English sources refer to it as the Treaty of Plombières. In modern times, it is merely referred to as an "agreement", since nothing was signed. Based on limited available evidence, there have been disputes on the details of what was agreed upon at the meeting, but as years passed it became apparent that the agreement had opened the way for the , on 28 January 1859, and for the Second Italian War of Independence that became a vital step towards Italian unification, which was achieved within a decade of the agreement. The Plombières Agreement was an agreement concerning a future war in which Second French Empire, France and Kingdom of Sardinia, Piedmont would ally themselves against Austri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plombières-les-Bains
Plombières-les-Bains () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in eastern France. It was the seat of the former canton of Plombières-les-Bains. ''Les bains'' refers to the hot springs in the area, whose properties were first discovered by the Romans. In succeeding centuries, its baths were visited by Montaigne, Voltaire, the Dukes of Guise, the Dukes of Lorraine, Beaumarchais, Napoleon Bonaparte, Joséphine de Beauharnais, Charles XIV John, Napoléon III, Berlioz, Lamartine and Alfred de Musset. It is still a spa town with many buildings from the Second French Empire including the Church Saint Amé built with the financial support of Napoléon III. Plombières Agreement The "Pavilion of the Princes" at Plombières, was renamed following the meeting on 21 July 1858 between Napoleon III and Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, who secretly negotiated the “Plombières Agreement” as they sat alone together in a small horse-drawn carriage slowly progressing round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plombières
Plombières (; or ''Bleiberg'', ; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On 1 January 2006, Plombières had a total population of 10,401. The total area is 53.17 km2 which gives a population density of 200 inhabitants per km2. The municipality consists of the following districts: Gemmenich, Hombourg, Montzen, Moresnet, and Sippenaeken. The local language is Low Dietsch, a bridge dialect between East Limburgish Limburgish ( or ; ; also Limburgian, Limburgic or Limburgan) refers to a group of South Low Franconian Variety (linguistics), varieties spoken in Belgium and the Netherlands, characterized by their distance to, and limited participation ... and Ripuarian. Gallery Image:Sippenaeken, dorpszicht foto8 2011-03-25 11.35.JPG, Sippenaeken, view to the village Image:Beusdael Castle (2).jpg, Beusdael Castle in Sippenaeken Image:Gemmenich, straatzicht foto3 2011-03-25 11.07.JPG, Gemmenich street Image:Gemmenich, é ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hombourg, Belgium
Hombourg (; ; ; ; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Plombières, located in the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. History Origins The existence of Hombourg is first recorded in 1070, as the settlement of "Hunborc". As early as 1124, the chapter of St Peter's Church, Liège, St. Peter's Collegiate Church in Liège owned property in Homburg ("Homborgh") and established a court of justice. Duchy of Limburg Homburg was part of the Duchy of Limburg. In 1286, the castle of Vilhenru (now Vieljaeren) was destroyed by John I, Duke of Brabant, Duke John I of Duchy of Brabant, Brabant as part of the war of succession of the Duchy of Limburg which he seized after the Battle of Worringen in 1288. The parish of Homburg was created from the earlier parish of Voeren, Teuven; the Church (building), church building at Homburg dates from the 13th century, but records demonstrate the existence of the parish before that time. The ''seigneurie hautain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
