"It widens the battlefield of Waterloo" Topic
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Tango01 | 04 Apr 2014 10:10 p.m. PST |
"1,600 homeowners received a letter informing them that a procedure was launched to increase the size of the battlefield around the Lion Mound area. The zone around the Lion of Waterloo area will perhaps double in size. Indeed, 1,600 homeowners received a letter informing them that a procedure was launched. For these owners, it is red tape. 115 days of public inquiry procedure with any development on their land. Whether to cut down a tree, create a window in a roof or install a garden shed without the favorable opinion of Walloon Public Service, Commission on Monuments and Sites and systematic excavations. Three municipalities are involved in the procedure: Braine-l'Alleud Lasne and Waterloo
" Oht. See here link For translation you can used. translate.google.com/#fr/en Good for historians/public/tourism, bad for the owners. Amicalement Armand |
deadhead | 08 Apr 2014 11:08 a.m. PST |
I honestly thought this was another April Fool
a bit late. Just got back from Brussels an hour or so ago and two trips out to Mt St J and to the town of Waterloo. Of course the Wellington Museum at his HQ was closed without any explanation. The ridge is a building site and some very very new tiles gone onto Hougomont. They will weather and the buildings look much safer than a year ago
.but reclaimed tiles might have looked better. (Minor criticism, taking out the annex was a great move) Is this not all a bit late in the day, this bit of local bureaucracy? There is a great "pyramid" at the expense of the ridge, there is a motorway running through the right flank of the Allied lines, there is nothing left in Braine L'Alleud, there is a "new" convent and also a series of buildings between LHS and LBA in absolute contradiction to the law of the battlefield. At least Mt St J has its gate repaired now. The sun shone and we walked miles. Brilliant to be back there! |
DominiqueT | 02 May 2014 3:21 a.m. PST |
It is no April fool's joke. It is a serious project by the Walloon region (in charge for that matter in Belgium). In order to ensure that that will succeed, I hav put up a petition IN SUPPORT of that project. 14388.lapetition.be Here is the text :Petition in support of the project of extension of the historically protected Waterloo battlefield. I support the project of the Walloon Region in Belgium to extend the historically protected area of the Waterloo battlefield. Thanks to the law of 26 March 1914, the area of the fighting between the British-Dutch Allies and the French has been protected and has kept its 1914 appearance. I support the new project of the Walloon Region to extend this area in order to include the area of the fighting between the French and the Prussians. That area is as important for History and for remembrance. The 1914 law already protected 1346 acres, the current project aims at the protection of nearly twice this surface (2948 acres), mainly around Plancenoit, an area that is not protected. The aim is to ensure the understanding of the armies' movements, protecting the landscape and safeguarding its agricultural use. Everything that was allowed will still be allowed, but the waiting period for some authorizations will sometimes be longer. Please sign and share ! And don't forget to click on the link in the e-mail you get in response, otherwise the signature is not valid and will not count. Thanks in advance. |
DominiqueT | 02 May 2014 4:05 a.m. PST |
In red : what is currently protected. In blue : what will be protected, it it succeeds.
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deadhead | 03 May 2014 7:40 a.m. PST |
I must admit this is of course so welcome to us all. All I am saying is that it is coming very late. Walk from La Belle All to La Haye Sainte and ask where did all those buildings along the road come from? That enormous convent. I do admit that, being such a commuter area for Brussels, the battlefield is still a haven of countryside, in an area very built up now. The Belgians do still seem to flock out there on a nice weekend, if only for the green fields. It is actually very surprising, as I had the idea that most of the locals cared nothing for the memory of "Waterloo". They may be right. Belgium has long been the cockpit of Europe and they end up fighting other folks' wars (as in 1815). Suddenly there is a buck to be made next year and investment flows in, however. They should follow NAM's logic and close off the whole field for two years now
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