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Baillonville
Section of Somme-Leuze, Belgium
Baillonville (French pronunciation: [bajɔ̃vil]; Walloon: Bayonveye) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Somme-Leuze, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. From the early Middle Ages until 1706, the village belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.
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The ownership then passed between several aristocratic families until the French Revolution. The village contains the Château de Baillonville, built in 1806 in a Neoclassical style. The village church, dedicated to Saint Hubert, has Romanesque foundations. There is also a chapel from 1895 with a memorial plaque honouring American troops who fought here during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944.
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