Namur Collection

UFOs: Muyldermans encounter a UFO at Namur, Belgium, 1955
At Namur, Belgium, postman Muyldermans sees a UFO among the clouds and is able to take three photographs before it vanishes. Date: 5 June 1955

Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland returns from the front, WW1
Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland, pictured at the Hague with her party of nurses after they had returned from the heavily bombarded town of Namur where they had set up a hospital

Death of Michael Godfrey, first Deputy Governor of the recently founded Bank of England, on 17 July 1695, during the Siege of Namur (2 July to 4 September 1695, part of the Nine Years War)

Portrait, Castle of Freyr, Wallonia, Belgium
Portrait of Gilde de Beaufort-Spontin, oil painting, by Antoine Wiertz, 1806-65, in the Antechamber, at the Castle of Freyr, in Wallonia, Namur, Ardennes, Belgium

Fresco, Castle of Freyr, Wallonia, Belgium
Animals, birds, musical scores and instruments, fresco on the staircase in the Great entrance hall, late 18th century, at the Castle of Freyr, in Wallonia, Namur, Ardennes, Belgium

Fresco, Castle of Veves, Wallonia, Belgium
Fresco of men fishing in river, above the fireplace in the Living Room of Hilarion de Gavre, in the Castle of Veves, built c. 1410, at Celles in Wallonia, Namur, Ardennes, Belgium

Meuse, Wallonia, Belgium
Terrace beside the river Meuse at the hotel-restaurant Les Sorbiers in the village of Hastiere, Wallonia, Namur, Ardennes, Belgium. Date: 2009

Chapel, Castle of Freyr, Wallonia, Belgium
Chapel, by Guillaume de Beaufort-Spontin, 1708-66, in Rococo style, at the Castle of Freyr, in Wallonia, Namur, Ardennes, Belgium. The wood panelling is in Regency style and the altar is Baroque

Citadel of Dinant, Wallonia, Belgium
Cannon balls in the courtyard of the Citadel of Dinant, a fortress originally built 1051 and rebuilt 1818-21 on a cliff above the town and river Meuse, at Dinant, Wallonia, Namur, Belgium

Trench, Citadel of Dinant, Wallonia, Belgium
Dutch bakery with bread ovens in the Citadel of Dinant, a fortress originally built 1051 and rebuilt 1818-21 on a cliff above the town and river Meuse, at Dinant, Wallonia, Namur, Belgium

Collegiale Notre-Dame de Dinant, Dinant, Wallonia, Belgium
Nave, looking towards the choir with stained glass windows, in the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Dinant, or Collegiate Church of Our Lady, a Gothic cathedral built 13th century, in Dinant, Wallonia

Sculpture, Collegiale Notre-Dame de Dinant, Dinant, Wallonia
St Peter as pope, polychrome oak statue (painted later) by an unknown artist, 16th century, from the Eglise Saint-Pierre in Furfooz, in the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Dinant

Statue, Dinant, Wallonia, Namur, Belgium
Statue of Charles de Gaulle, 2014, by Guido Clabots, commemorating the centenary of the Battle of Dinant in 1914, where he fought and was wounded, on the river Meuse in Dinant, Wallonia, Namur

Le Rocher Bayard, Dinant, Wallonia, Namur, Belgium
Le Rocher Bayard (right), a 40m high rock needle associated with the Four Sons of Aymon legend, on the river Meuse in Dinant, Wallonia, Namur, Belgium

La Croisette, Dinant, Wallonia, Namur, Belgium
La Croisette, a promenade along the river Meuse with shops, restaurants and boat moorings, redeveloped in 2018, seen from the Charles de Gaulle bridge, in Dinant, Wallonia, Namur, Belgium. Date: 2021

Convent of the Capuchins, Dinant, Wallonia, Namur, Belgium
Convent of the Capuchins or Couvent des Capucins (left), built 17th century, and the river Meuse, in Wallonia, Dinant, Namur, Belgium. Date: 2021

Dinant, Wallonia, Namur, Belgium
Town of Dinant and boats on the river Meuse on a misty day, Wallonia, Namur, Belgium. Date: 2021

Gardens, Castle of Freyr, Wallonia, Belgium
Gardens, 18th century, of the Castle of Freyr, aerial view, beside the river Meuse, in Wallonia, Namur, Ardennes, Belgium

Castle of Veves, Wallonia, Belgium
Castle of Veves, built c. 1410, aerial view, at Celles in Wallonia, Namur, Ardennes, Belgium. A castle has occupied this site since the 7th century

Castle of Freyr, Wallonia, Belgium
Castle of Freyr and its 18th century gardens, aerial view, beside the river Meuse, in Wallonia, Namur, Ardennes, Belgium. Originally a medieval keep then a Renaissance castle

Gallic Wars (58 BC-50 BC). Ambiorix, leader of the Eburons tribe, joins the Hainaut and Namur tribes, attacks the camp of Quintus Tullius Cicero and sets fire to it. Engraving

The Arrest of the Duke de Boufflers, Marshal of France, on 5 September 1695, by Everard Van Dyckvelt and twelve English Lifeguards, after the Siege of Namur (2 July to 4 September 1695)

Namur - Belgium - Food and Mail distribution - Flooding
Namur - Belgium - Food and Mail distribution to those stranded by the flooding of the River Meuse in January 1926. Date: 1926

Saint Begge
SAINT BEGGE (Begga) Belgian noblewoman, sister of Gertrude de Nivelles : when her husband died, she became a nun and eventually abbess of Ardennes, near Namur Date: ? - 698

Siege of Namur
SIEGE OF NAMUR Date: June 1692

Siege weapon, a Roman movable tower
A siege weapon, a Roman movable tower, utilised in one of the many sieges of Namur, Belgium, between the 15th and 19th centuries. Date: circa 50 AD

Revolution, Belgium 1830
Belgian Revolution when a Kingdom of Belgium independent from the Netherlands was established. Dutch troops in the Place de Waterloo near the Porte de Namur in Brussels during bloody street fighting

Rue d Andenne, Bierwart, Fernelmont, Belgium
Rue d Andenne, Bierwart, Fernelmont, Namur, Belgium. Showing a Vintage Bus. Date: 1910s

Replica of German shell sold in Berlin, WW1
A British soldier holding a life-size replica card of a German shell, as thrown by big siege guns, complete with photographs of places in which the shells had inflicted particular damage - Liege

Peter Van Den Perre
PETER VAN DEN PERRE Belgian churchman, bishop of Namur Date: 1619 - 1695

German troop parade in Namur, Belgium - WWI
German troop parade in Namur, (occupied) Belgium - WWI. Namur fell after only three days fighting in 1914 and the town was occupied by the Germans for the rest of the war. Date: circa 1914

Chateau des Comtes, Namur, Belgium. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Namur, Belgium. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The citadel and the bridges over the Meuse and Sambre, Namur, Belgium. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Destroyed gun cupola in Belgium WWI
Annihilated gun dome part of the stronghold at Namur in Belgium during World War I

Battle of Courtrai
Also known as the Battle of the Spurs, when the Flemings under Guy de Namur utterly routed the French, 800 of whose spurs were displayed in Courtrai cathedral

French Take Namur
NAMUR The French army, moving into Belgium, take the citadels of Namur

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