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The tiny village in Hainaut slumbers in the morning sun. Once a great battle was fought in Fontenoy. Thousands of soldiers died here on 11 May 1745.
A new book by Belgian historian Raf Meert shines a new light on the history of Belgium’s famed lambic beer.
The bones of soldiers who died in the Battle of Waterloo were used in 19th-century Belgium’s burgeoning sugar industry, researchers have discovered.
An international team of archaeologists has discovered human bones and animal skeletons near Mont-Saint-Jean farm in Waterloo, reports RTBF.
Victory in Europe Day on 8 May could become a public holiday again - in Brussels at least - under a proposal approved by the region's parliament.
The Saint-Hubert galleries, located in the heart of Brussels, a stone's throw from the Grand Place, celebrates its 175th anniversary this year, RTBF reports.
After a two year absence, the traditional reconstruction of the Battle of Waterloo returns on 18 and 19 June to the site of the original history-chang
Paul Dujardin, until earlier this year the general director of Bozar, has been retained by the Royal Museums of Art and History to oversee an artistic restructuring in the run-up to the 200th anni
Unesco has officially registered the Namur tradition of stilt jousting on the list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, five years after a support petition garnered 26,000 signat
