Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
Vezon is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Antoing, 27km from Pairi Daiza.
Vezon is a town located in Wallonia, Belgium. With a population of 1,360, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Vezon 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 Vezon to your route.
The Battle of Fontenoy, 11 May 1745, took place during the War of the Austrian Succession, near Tournai, in Belgium. A French army of 50,000 under Marshal Saxe defeated a Pragmatic Army of roughly the same size, led by the Duke of Cumberland.
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Austrian Netherlands offered the best opportunity for a decisive victory, and in April, Saxe besieged Tournai, a key strategic town on the upper Scheldt, compelling the main Allied army to march to its relief. Leaving 22,000 men to continue the siege, Saxe placed his main force about 8 kilometres (5 mi) away in the villages of Antoing, Vezon and Fontenoy, along a naturally strong feature strengthened with defensive works.
After several unsuccessful flank assaults, an Allied infantry column of 15,000 attacked the French centre, before being repulsed. Covered by their cavalry, they retreated toward Brussels, abandoning Tournai which fell shortly afterwards. Despite this, fighting continued until November 1748, when the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ended the war.
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Vezon is located in Wallonia, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.5692 latitude, 3.5047 longitude.
Vezon has a population of approximately 1,360 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.
27 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.
32 km · about 35 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.
44 km · about 50 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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A luminous glass-and-steel satellite of the Louvre rising from a former coal-mining town.
52 km · about 60 min drive
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A vast memorial arch bearing 54,000 names of the missing, where the Last Post sounds every evening at eight.
53 km · about 60 min drive
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Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.
54 km · about 60 min drive
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Vibrant medieval Flemish city with stunning canal-side architecture, the Gravensteen castle, and the famous Ghent Altarpiece.
56 km · about 65 min drive
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
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