Marchienne-au-Pont

Geschiedenis

Marchienne-au-Pont is a section of the Belgian town of Charleroi within the Walloon region in the Province of Hainaut. It was a commune of its own before the merge of the communes in 1977, when it had a population of 17,000.Sights The Castle of Cartier - built on the ruins of another castle, which was destroyed by the troops of Henri II on July 21, 1554. The Cartier family owned it from 1726 to 1938. It was converted to a library in April 2002, the basse court has been replaced by a public swimming pool and the park has been partly destroyed. The city walls.Yvonne ViesleyOn October12, 1918, Yvonne Viesley, age 10, was shot by a German soldier after she tried to pass a piece of bread to French prisoners through the bars of a gate. French president Poincaré gave her a posthumous medal of honor on September11, 1919. A monument has been built where she fell.People born in Marchienne-au-Pont Fernand Verhaegen, painter and etcher