The best road cycling routes around Chaumont-Gistoux

A lesser-known side of the citadel, not as pleasant as the two more well-known sides, but worth a visit for a change of scenery. Here you'll see the typical Namur mansions.

Coming from Pecrot it is steeper...

The cemetery surrounding the church is well worth a visit, both for its local history and the many old graves and headstones. Behind the last grave is the motte and bailey of Néthen, which, especially nowadays, seems simply a forest. Diagonally across from the front of the church is the castle of Zeebroeck. The family's burial chapel is built against the rear of the church (and is accessible).

In 990, exactly 10 years after the founding of Brussels, Count Arnould de Brugeron granted the allodium of Néthen, located in the Duchy of Brabant, to the Chapter of Saint Jean l'Evangéliste in Liège by charter. This document, over a thousand years old, which first mentions the village's name (Néthene), mentions that there are two churches in Néthen: one in Wez (Bas-Néthen) and one in the town center (Haut-Néthen). The Chapelle de la Motte, a castle chapel, was given the title of parish church after the Battle of Hoegaarden in 1013. After this battle, the County of Brugeron came into the possession of the Dukes of Brabant. No iconographic documents exist of the original church. The church was restored in 1539 and was then only a modest Gothic oratory with a pointed spire. From that time on, it bears the name Saint Jean-Baptiste. Due to the poor condition of this oratory, it was decided in 1767 to build a new church on the same site, partly using materials from the old church, but also from the chapel of Notre-Dame du Wez, dedicated to Saint Nicholas, which was demolished in 1767. 1757. This current church was rebuilt on virtually the same site as the first. It faces northeast. During the reconstruction in 1768, the foundation had to be raised by two meters in some places to prevent the church and cemetery from frequently being flooded during heavy rainfall by water flowing from the fields of Pécrot and La Malaise. At the rear of the church is a remnant of one of the three fortified towers built to protect against the Counts of Leuven. The other two towers were located in the Savenel and Broux (Pécrot) estate. Source and more about the church and cemetery at https://amisdenethen.be/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/M%C3%A9langes.1995.pdf

From this location, you actually have a view of the church. The church itself and the unique cemetery can be found a little further along Rue de Bossut (which intersects Rue de Hamme-Mille here), opposite the 'Zeebroeck Castle' – see https://www.komoot.com/nl-nl/highlight/7679340 The church itself, with description, photos, and the correct location, can be found at https://www.komoot.com/nl-nl/highlight/4080868

The Château Rose was built by order of Albert-Pierre Stier (1745-1816). In 1776, he bought the seigniory of Orp, as it had been known since the end of the 17th century, when the land of Orp-le-Grand was merged with that of Orp-le-Petit. The pillory of Orp-le-Petit at the front is one of about fifty in Belgium that are listed by the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage. When our country was invaded by France in 1794, the French revolutionaries rushed to abolish the symbols of the Ancien Régime and the pillory was demolished. A few years later, around 1826, Baron Jean-François de Vinck de deux Orp (1774-1827), nephew of the builder of the castle, had the restored elements of the pillory rebuilt on his estate, more specifically in the central part of the meadow below the castle. Source: https://www.orp-jauche.be/wp-content/uploads/Brochure_PetitPatrimoinePopulaire_ORP.pdf

beautiful road surrounded by greenery

Also a beautiful church, especially if you peek over the wall, old cemeteries.