Point of interest Rochefort - Saint Remy marble - Photo

Saint Remy marble

Description

On the car park you can see a block of Saint-Remy marble.
Up until the French Revolution (1789-1799), the Saint-Remy quarry (now a listed site, access strictly forbidden) produced several types of marble of the finest quality:

• The Saint-Remy blue marble: the most popular and abundant marble, mainly used for mantelpieces and building columns. The prevailing colour of this marble is grey.
• The griotte marble : is a cherry red marble, with no veining, with white specks, used for the same type of constructions as the blue marble;
• The royal marble: a very solid marble which is a combination of red and grey tints, with a lovely deep red colouring;
• Saint-Remy red: the red colouring is more distinctive and darker than in the royal marble.  The Saint-Remy marble has a large, neat pattern, with a deep and varied colouring. The marble is extremely decorative.

Photos

Saint Remy marble can be discovered in the following trails...
Trail Motor Rochefort - Car - Nature - Discovering the  stones - Rochefort - Photo
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Easy
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Rochefort, Wallonia, Namur, Belgium
52 km | 64 km-effort
2h 0min
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Randonnées de la Maison du Tourisme Famenne - Ardenne Ourthe & Lesse PRO

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Country:
Belgium
Region :
Wallonia
Department/Province :
Namur
Municipality :
Rochefort
Location:
Rochefort
Creation date :
2018-04-09 10:32:06.941
Updated on
2018-04-09 10:32:06.941

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