Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
Anvaing is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Saint-Sauveur, 47km from Hallerbos.
Anvaing is a town located in Wallonia, Belgium. With a population of 1,187, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Anvaing sits in Belgium, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Brussels time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Anvaing to your route.
Anvaing Castle (French: Château d'Anvaing) or Château de Lannoy is a historic residence in the village of Anvaing in the municipality of Frasnes-lez-Anvaing, province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium.
The site of the Château d'Anvaing has been occupied by a castle since the time of the First Crusade. The first knownRead more
reference dates from 1127. There is little documentation of the buildings on the site however until the reconstructions of 1561 and 1800. The owners were apparently the Roubaix family, judging from the arms on an early part of the building, and later the de Lannoy family whose descendants still own it. Stéphanie, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, born to the de Lannoy family, grew up in the castle.
The castle is chiefly notable as the place in which the Belgian capitulation was signed on 28 May 1940, during the Battle of the Lys. At the time, it served as the headquarters of the German 6th Army. The Belgian plenipotentiaries arrived at the castle at 9:35 am. Shortly afterwards, General Olivier Derousseaux and Commandant Liagre were received by General Walther von Reichenau and Major-General Friedrich Paulus. Discussions took place in the dining room. At 10:00 am, the surrender became effective. The document was read and signed. In celebration, a German officer fired a gunshot into the ceiling which is still present.
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Anvaing is located in Wallonia, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.6832 latitude, 3.5614 longitude.
Anvaing has a population of approximately 1,187 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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Belgium's most-visited attraction: a 75-hectare animal park built around a former Cistercian abbey in Hainaut, with full-scale Chinese, Indonesian and Middle Kingdom gardens housing giant pandas, gorillas and elephants.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
35 km · about 40 min drive
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Vibrant medieval Flemish city with stunning canal-side architecture, the Gravensteen castle, and the famous Ghent Altarpiece.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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A grim moated stone castle of the Counts of Flanders rising straight from the canals in the centre of Ghent.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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This Gothic cathedral guards the Van Eyck brothers' luminous Ghent Altarpiece, a landmark of European painting.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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A colossal 73 m boat elevator on the Canal du Centre, among the tallest in the world, hoisting entire barges in a concrete cathedral visible for miles across Hainaut.
45 km · about 50 min drive
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The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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Four UNESCO-listed 19th-century hydraulic boat lifts near La Louvière, still standing on the old Canal du Centre.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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