Point of interest Froidchapelle - Carrière à Roc (Rock Quarry) - Photo

Carrière à Roc (Rock Quarry)

Description

You will also notice lakes and the little house, an old marble worker's house built entirely from pink marble in 1910. At the back of this building is the old Carrière à Roc (Rock Quarry), which once supplied beautiful red marble known as Rance marble. This marble was used widely, in particular to decorate Versailles Castle.

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Carrière à Roc (Rock Quarry) can be discovered in the following trails...
Trail Walking Froidchapelle - Froidchapelle (3) - Hernoy Walk - Photo
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Very easy
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Froidchapelle, Wallonia, Hainaut, Belgium
5.8 km | 6.8 km-effort
1h 15min
Yes

Randonnées au coeur d'une nature préservée GUIDE+

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Positioning

Country:
Belgium
Region :
Wallonia
Department/Province :
Hainaut
Municipality :
Froidchapelle
Location:
Froid-Chapelle
Creation date :
2018-04-09 13:14:56.045
Updated on
2018-04-09 13:14:56.045

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Lakes - bodies of water

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