Un mandement du prince Jean-Théodore fixe le "tarif du pont de Rochefort" le 12 avril.
(Les grottes de
Han,
New monhtly magazine, 1865)
ROCHEFORT
le bas de la ville: le pont de pierre
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| Photo © Jacques Verrees, détail. |
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| Rochefort, le pont de pierre, la place du Baty, le château, vers 1825 |
| Le pont de Behogne,
à cinq arches en plein cintre, a
été
construit en 1758, remplaçant un pont
existant depuis le
XVIe
siècle. Il fût détruit en 1944. Un mandement du prince Jean-Théodore fixe le "tarif du pont de Rochefort" le 12 avril. |
| "Again we entered a
region
of dense forest-land, in the midst of which, standing up
from the dark
green masses of foliage, we saw the royal château,
one of the
hunting-lodges of King Leopold, with its square white
walls and
pepper-pot turrets. Then we passed through a flourishing
village,
overlooked by a manor-house sort of château, not so
neat,
perhaps, as the villages in most parts of England, but
with decent
cottages, and full of contented and healthy-looking
rustics. And,
turning off the main road, we forded a musical, pebbly
river, the water
of which nearly covered the wheels of our carriage, and
entered upon a
mere track through a wild country, with occasional patches
of
cultivation, forded a second stream, and finally, after a
journey of
about four hours' duration, found ourselves in front of
the Hôtel
de la Grotte, in the village of Han." (Les grottes de
Han,
New monhtly magazine, 1865)
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