Houtaing is a village and district of the municipality of Ath, located in the Hainaut Province in Wallonia, Belgium.
Houtaing | |
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 Château de la Berlière, Houtaing | |
  Houtaing  Houtaing | |
| Coordinates: 50°38′17″N 03°40′50″E / 50.63806°N 3.68056°E | |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Region |  Wallonia |
| Province |  Hainaut |
| Municipality | Ath |
The earliest mention of the village is in a document dated 847, listing properties of the Saint-Amand Abbey in present-day France. Later it became a feudal fief. The current Château de la Berlière in Houtaing dates from 1793, by architect Antoine Payen the Elder, and replaced an earlier castle.[1]
References edit
- ^ Menne, Gilbert, ed. (2014). Le grand guide de Wallonie et de Bruxelles. Brussels: Racine. p. 72. ISBN 978-94-014-1418-0.
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