Namur

Namur is a town and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is each the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, web hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, Walloon Government and administration. The town began as an crucial buying and selling agreement in Celtic instances, straddling east-west and north-south alternate routes throughout the Ardennes. The Romans mounted a presence after Julius Caesar defeated the neighborhood Aduatuci tribe. Namur came to prominence all through the early Middle Ages while the Merovingians built a fort or fort on the rocky spur overlooking the metropolis at the confluence of the 2 rivers. In the 10th century, it became a county in its very own right.

The town evolved fairly erratically, because the counts of Namur could most effective construct at the north bank of the Meuse - the south financial institution was owned through the bishops of Liege and advanced more slowly into the town of Jambes. In 1262, Namur fell into the fingers of the Count of Flanders, and became purchased via Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy in 1421.