Strée is a village and district of the municipality of Modave, located in the province of Liège in Wallonia, Belgium.
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![Church of Saint Nicholas, Strée [fr]](/wiki/File:Str%C3%A9e-lez-Huy.%C3%A9glise_Saint-Nicolas.JPG) | |
  Strée  Strée | |
| Coordinates: 50°29′22″N 05°19′27″E / 50.48944°N 5.32417°E | |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Region |  Wallonia |
| Province |  Liège |
| Municipality | Modave |
During the Middle Ages, the village was in possession of the Knights Templar. From the 15th century, a local court of justice existed in the village. The village church, the Church of Saint Nicholas, Strée, is a Romanesque edifice dating from the 11th century. It contains a baptismal font from the same century, and a Roman funerary monument from the 3rd century, reused as a base for a crucifix. The church is surrounded by a historical cemetery and lies close to a source which was considered to have healing properties. In the village, there is also a château from c. 1600, rebuilt during the 18th and 19th centuies.[1]
References
edit- ^ Menne, Gilbert, ed. (2014). Le grand guide de Wallonie et de Bruxelles. Brussels: Racine. p. 715. ISBN 978-94-014-1418-0.
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