Furnaux (Walloon: Furnå) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Mettet, located in the province of Namur, Belgium.
Furnaux
Furnå (Walloon) | |
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 Furnaux | |
  Furnaux  Furnaux | |
| Coordinates: 50°18′N 04°42′E / 50.300°N 4.700°E | |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Region |  Wallonia |
| Province |  Namur |
| Municipality |  Mettet |
The discovery of remains from Roman times in Furnaux indicates that the village has been inhabited since at least the first century AD. The village church is a Gothic building from the 16th century which has been rebuilt frequently during the centuries. It contains unusually well-preserved funerary monuments from the same century, as well as an exceptional baptismal font in Romanesque style from the 12th century, made of black marble from Dinant. There is also a Neoclassical château in the village, dating from the 17th century but rebuilt at the end of the 19th century.[1]
References
edit- ^ Menne, Gilbert, ed. (2014). Le grand guide de Wallonie et de Bruxelles. Brussels: Racine. p. 710. ISBN 978-94-014-1418-0.
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