Ti-Château is an old

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of Roman civilization *Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...

oppidum An ''oppidum'' (: ''oppida'') is a large fortified Iron Age Europe, Iron Age settlement or town. ''Oppida'' are primarily associated with the Celts, Celtic late La Tène culture, emerging during the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, spread acros ...

(currently only ruins and a rebuilt watch tower) located near the Belgian village of

Hotton Hotton (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. The municipality lies 12 kilometers from Marche-en-Famenne in the Ardennes and has more than 5,400 inhabitants. The river Ourthe crosses Hotton. The mun ...

. It defended an ancient city/village at the current location of Hotton. The old oppidum and its ruins lie at a triangular plateau called the ''Plage de Renissart'', near large rock cliffs above the river

Ourthe The Ourthe (; Walloon: ''Aiwe d' Oûte'') is a long river in the Ardennes in Wallonia, Belgium. River It is a right tributary to the river Meuse. The Ourthe is formed at the confluence of the ''Ourthe Occidentale'' (Western Ourthe) and the '' ...

. It is likely that Ti-château was already habituated during the

Neolithic The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...

, though most excavations are Roman. Ti-Château is also famous among tourists for its views over the Ourthe valley and the villages of Hotton and

Hampteau Hampteau ()Dictionnaire des noms de lieux en Wallonie et à Bruxelles, Jean Jacques Jespers, page 309. is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Hotton, located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. The village lies at the ...

. Ti-Château source from Dutch Wikipedia, consulted 7th of April 2013

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ti-Chateau Hotton Buildings and structures in Luxembourg (Belgium)