Argenteau
Sign in to saveArgenteau is a village and district of the municipality of Visé, located in the province of Liège in Wallonia, Belgium.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Liège Province.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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- municipality section
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Visé
- Elevation
- 133
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- Argenteau gare estació.jpg
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- Argenteau
- postal code
- 4601
- P13200
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Argenteau is a village and district of the municipality of Visé, located in the province of Liège in Wallonia, Belgium.
The first time the village is mentioned in written sources is in 1070, when it was a nominally independent fief within the Holy Roman Empire, but in practice ruled by the Duchy of Brabant. From the 11th century, the Prince-Bishop of Liège had a garrison in the castle, the . Today the castle, rebuilt after its destruction by French troops in 1674, still exists in the village. The fortified farm buildings (ferme castrale) date from the late 17the and 18th centuries.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Argenteau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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