Fortification route in Westerlo
This cycling or walking tour takes you past fourteen farmsteads in Laakdal.
This is an initiative of the municipalities of Hulshout, Herselt, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Tessenderlo, Laakdal, and Westerlo, the local heritage associations, and the IOED de Merode, in connection with the 2022 Archaeology Days.
What are farm fortifications?
The Eighty Years' War (1568-1648) breaks out in