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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. This climb is famous for being part of the route of La Flèche Wallonne professional cycling race.
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.
Yvette of Huy (1158 – 13 January 1228) was a venerated Christian prophet and anchoress. Born in Huy , Belgium , she was also known as Ivette , Ivetta , Jufta or Jutta . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
La Haye Sainte (French pronunciation: [la ɛ sɛ̃t], lit. ' The Holy Hedge ' , named either after Jesus ' crown of thorns or a nearby bramble hedge [ 1 ] ) is a walled farmhouse compound at the foot of an escarpment near Waterloo , Belgium, on the N5 road connecting Brussels and Charleroi .
The Wall (French: Le Mur) by Jean-Paul Sartre, a collection of 5 short stories published in 1939 containing the eponymous story "The Wall", is considered one of the author's greatest existentialist works of fiction. Sartre dedicated the book to his companion Olga Kosakiewicz, a former student of Simone de Beauvoir.
Le Mur (The Wall) may refer to: Le Mur (urban art), urban art spot in Paris, France, active since 2000; Le Mur, structure in Fermont, Quebec, Canada; The Wall (short story collection), 1939 book by Jean-Paul Sartre; The Wall, French drama film by Serge Roullet. The Wall, Belgian drama film by Alain Berliner.
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.