The provincial capital Arlon is located in Wallonia on the river Semois and has almost 29,000 inhabitants..
Already the Romans founded the settlement Orolaunum at the crossroads of two important Roman roads «Reims - Trier, Tongeren - Metz» and thus Arlon is one of the oldest cities in Belgium..

 

Attractions:

* Grand Place
* St. Donatus Church, Rue St. Donat
* Place Leopold;. Panzer, which stands in memory of the liberation by the Americans in 1944..
* Luxembourg Museum, Rue des Martyrs 13;. interesting collection of Roman finds, weapons and everyday objects from the time of the Merovingians, as well as exhibits of folk art from the Middle Ages to modern times..
* Jewish Cemetery, Rue de Diekirch 188;. worth seeing is the oldest Jewish cemetery in Belgium
* Roman tower, at the southeastern end of the Grand Place;. from the 3rd Century in which today a museum is housed..

     


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