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A6 Road (Luxembourg)
The Autoroute 6, abbreviated to A6 or otherwise known as the Arlon motorway (, ), is a motorway in southern and western Luxembourg. It is long and connects Luxembourg City, in the south, to Kleinbettingen, in the west. It reaches the Belgian border at Kleinbettingen, whereupon it meets the A4, which leads to Brussels via Arlon and Namur. Overview The A6 forms part of the E25 from Hook of Holland in the Netherlands to Palermo in Italy. The A6 was opened in three separate sections: * 1976: Croix de Cessange - Strassen * 1978: Croix de Gasperich - Croix de Cessange * 1982: Strassen - Belgian Autoroute 4 at Kleinbettingen Kleinbettingen () is a small town in the Communes of Luxembourg, commune of Steinfort, in western Luxembourg. As of 2023, the town has a population of 1,163. It is served by Kleinbettingen railway station. References External links ... Route References External links *Administration des Ponts et Chaussées Motorways in Luxem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croix De Gasperich
The Croix de Gasperich (, ) is a motorway interchange in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is the junction between three of Luxembourg's six motorways: the western terminus of the A1 continues seamlessly as it meets the eastern terminus of the A6, whilst the A3 passes underneath the two on its way from Luxembourg City to Dudelange Dudelange (; ; ) is a commune with town status in southern Luxembourg. It is the fourth-most populous commune, with 22,043 inhabitants. Dudelange is situated close to the border with France. The commune also includes the smaller town of Bude .... It lies in the Gasperich quarter, in the south of the city, hence its name. External links *Administration des Ponts et Chaussées webpage on the Croix de Gasperich Road interchanges in Luxembourg Transport in Luxembourg City {{Europe-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namur (city)
Namur (; ; ) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is the capital both of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration. Namur stands at the confluence of the rivers Sambre and Meuse and straddles three different regions – Hesbaye to the north, Condroz to the south-east, and Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse to the south-west. The city of Charleroi is located to the west. The language spoken is French. The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Beez, Belgrade, Boninne, Bouge, Champion, Cognelée, Daussoulx, Dave, Erpent, Flawinne, Gelbressée, Jambes, Lives-sur-Meuse, Loyers, Malonne, Marche-les-Dames, Namur proper, Naninne, Saint-Servais, Saint-Marc, Suarlée, Temploux, Vedrin, Wépion, and Wierde. History Early history The town began as an important trading settlement in Celtic times, straddling east–west and north–south trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridel
Bridel () is a town in the commune of Kopstal, central Luxembourg. , the town has a population of 3,586. History Bridel used to belong to the commune of Steinsel until the law of February 22, 1853, when it became part of Kopstal. * 1956 - Start of the construction of the church * 1961 - Inauguration of the primary school * 1972 - Inauguration of the church Landmarks * St Hubert's Church, listed national monument of Luxembourg * ''Affection'', a bronze sculpture from Lucien Wercollier Lucien Wercollier (26 July 1908 – 24 April 2002) was a sculptor from Luxembourg. While he worked primarily in bronze and marble, some of his work is sculpted in wood, alabaster, stone and onyx. His public monuments in bronze and marble are of ... * Ancient linden tree on rue du tilleul * Ancient pine tree on rue Lucien Wercollier * Ancient oak tree on place du gros chêne * Hall Sportif Bridel, a sports hall complexe whose architecture won the Bauhärepräis 2020 and got nominated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capellen
Capellen ( ) is a town in the commune of Mamer, in south-western Luxembourg, 12 km west of Luxembourg City. , the town has a population of 2,371. Despite not having a commune named after it, Capellen lends its name to the canton of Capellen, and is the only town in Luxembourg to bear the latter distinction but not the former. Capellen is home to the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) which acts as the headquarters of NATO's Agencies. The site occupies a large part of the town south of the ''route d'Arlon''. To the west of the NSPA complex is Capellen railway station, which lies on Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois' Line 50. The town is the site of one of the six regional headquarters of the Grand Ducal Police. A museum dedicated to police uniforms and accessories, both national and international, was opened in the town on 21 June 2007. History Capellen lies on the old Roman road, today's ''Kiemwee'', from Trier in Germany to Reims and Paris. Some years ago, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as List of islands of Italy, nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares land borders with France to the west; Switzerland and Austria to the north; Slovenia to the east; and the two enclaves of Vatican City and San Marino. It is the List of European countries by area, tenth-largest country in Europe by area, covering , and the third-most populous member state of the European Union, with nearly 59 million inhabitants. Italy's capital and List of cities in Italy, largest city is Rome; other major cities include Milan, Naples, Turin, Palermo, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, and Venice. The history of Italy goes back to numerous List of ancient peoples of Italy, Italic peoples—notably including the ancient Romans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palermo
Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old. Palermo is in the northwest of the island of Sicily, by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The city was founded in Isla Palermo 734 BC by the Phoenicians as ("flower"). Palermo then became a possession of Ancient Carthage, Carthage. Two ancient Greeks, Greek ancient Greek colonization, colonies were established, known collectively as ; the Carthaginians used this name on their coins after the 5th centuryBC. As , the town became part of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire, Empire for over a thousand years. From 831 to 1072 the city was under History of Islam in south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
