65 km | 78 km-effort
In 1609, a woodcutter who was cutting up a huge oak in the barony of Celles, uncovered a small statue of the Virgin Mary with three rusty iron bars and a handful of crystalline rocks. As soon as he heard of this unusual feat, the baron had the statue ensconced in an oak tree, nearby its place of discovery. Four years later ��� fearing that the statue might get stolen – he took the statue to safety in his castle, the castle of Vêves. In 1618, following a miraculous cure, a modest chapel was built on the location of the first oak. During the 1621 and 1626 plague epidemics the population of Rochefort prayed to Our Lady of Foy for their salvation and made the solemn promise to effect an annual pilgrimage on Pentecostal Monday, from the chapel to the village of Foy-Notre-Dame. In 1870, an octagonal chapel was built here in honor of Our Lady of Foy. The marble altar was added in 1954 as a replacement for the former altar, a huge, wooden chest that was used to hide sixty infantry rifles during the Second World War. The stained glass windows were added in 1961
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Randonnées de la Maison du Tourisme Famenne - Ardenne Ourthe & Lesse PRO
