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Waterloo lies a short distance south of Brussels, and immediately north-east of the larger town of Braine-l'Alleud. It is the site of the Battle of Waterloo, where the resurgent Napoleon was defeated for the final time in 1815. Waterloo lies immediately south of the official language border between Flanders and Wallonia.
"Après la bataille de Waterloo, les os des morts utilisés dans l'industrie alimentaire pour filtrer le sirop de sucre". RTBF. 18 August 2022 "Brussel". Fabriekofiel. 21 May 2023 "Advertisements". Journal de la Belgique. 1 January 1845. "Bruxelles, le 19 Juillet". L'Indépendance Belge. 19 July 1845.
Ensemble van het Zoniënwoud en het Bois des Capucins, op het grondgebied van de sections Auderghem, Duisbourg, Hoeilaart, La Hulpe, Rhode Saint-Genèse, Tervuren, Uccle, Waterloo, Watermael-Boitsfort en Woluwé Saint-Pierre: Camp of the battle of Waterloo in 1815 (nl) (fr) Waterloo
La Haye Sainte (French pronunciation: [la ɛ sɛ̃t], lit. ' The Holy Hedge ' , named either after Jesus ' crown of thorns or a nearby bramble hedge [ 1 ] ) is a walled farmhouse compound at the foot of an escarpment near Waterloo , Belgium, on the N5 road connecting Brussels and Charleroi .
Waterloo railway station (French: Gare de Waterloo; Dutch: Station Waterloo) [a] is a railway station in Waterloo, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The station opened on 1 February 1874 and is located on railway line 124. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS). [1]
Waterloo most commonly refers to: Battle of Waterloo, 1815 battle where Napoleon's French army was defeated by Anglo-allied and Prussian forces; Waterloo, Belgium;
The Chaussée de Waterloo appeared in 1662. Originally, it was simply an extension of the old Chaussée de Vleurgat / Vleurgatse Steenweg from the place called La Bascule to Waterloo. The road, which was also called the Chaussée de Wallonie / Waalse Steenweg was again extended at the end of the 17th century to Charleroi and Namur.
A map of the Battle of Waterloo with contours. The Waterloo Battlefield is located in the municipalities of Braine-l'Alleud and Lasne and Waterloo, [1] about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Brussels, and about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the town of Waterloo. The ordering of the places in the list is north to south and west to east.