Wars of Liège
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The Wars of Liège were a series of three rebellions by the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, in the town of Liège in modern-day Belgium, against the expanding Burgundian State between 1465 and 1468. On each
Silver coin of Louis de Bourbon, dating to 1465.
Depiction of the sack of Liège in 1468 by Barthélemy Vieillevoye (1842)
The re-erection of the Liège Perron, the symbol of local autonomy, in 1478 after the end of Burgundian rule.
Joannes van Deutecum Leo Belgicus 1650 published by Claes Jansz Visscher Amsterdam
Couque de Dinant
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The Couque de Dinant is an extremely hard, sweet biscuit native to the southern Belgian city of Dinant in Wallonia.
Couques de Dinant at a Dinant bakery
Traditional wooden couques de Dinant mould.