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The Mur de Huy (English: Wall of Huy) is a 128 metres (420 ft) high hill located in Huy, Wallonia, Belgium. It is also known as le Chemin des Chapelles (English: The Path of the Chapels ) because of the seven chapels along its route.
Following a sprint at Havelange, the tour went over the category 4 Côte de Ereffe and the Côte de Cherave on the outskirts of Huy. The stage finished on the category 3 Mur de Huy, a 1.3 km (0.81 mi) climb with a maximum gradient of 19% in the final few hundred metres. [25] The riders at the start line in Antwerp, Belgium.
The Citadel of Huy (French: Citadelle de Huy) or the Fort of Huy (French: Fort de Huy), known locally as The Castle (Walloon: Li Tchestia), is a fortress located in the Walloon city of Huy in the province of Liège, Belgium. [1] The fort occupies a high position in the town, overlooking the strategic Meuse river.
The Communards’ Wall (French: Mur des Fédérés) at the Père Lachaise cemetery is where 147 Commune soldiers along with another 19 officers were executed on May 28, 1871, during the Semaine sanglante, the suppression of the Paris Commune. The soldiers were buried in a common grave at the foot of the wall. [1]
La Flèche Wallonne (pronounced [la flɛʃ walɔn], French for "The Walloon Arrow") [1] is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium.. The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week between the Amstel Gold Race and Liège–Bastogne–Liège.
The Wall (original title Le Mur) is a 1998 Belgian tragicomedy film, directed by Alain Berliner for the 2000, Seen By... series. The story is a surreal [1] satirical allegory of the bi-lingual problems in Belgium. [2] [3]
Despite the promises of Prince Maurice of Orange to relieve Huy, the forces of the new Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands, Don Pedro Henríquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes (Spanish: Conde de Fuentes), led by Don Valentín Pardieu de la Motte, after a short siege and low resistance, captured the town and the citadel from the combined Protestant troops of Charles de Héraugière.
Liège–Bastogne–Liège [ljɛʒ.bas.tɔɲ.ljɛʒ], also known as La Doyenne ("The Old Lady"), [N 1] is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium. [1] [2] [3] First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five Monuments of the European professional road cycling calendar; [4] usually coming as the last of the spring classics.