Gileppe Dam & Lake - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting
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About Gileppe Dam & Lake
Built in the 1870s to supply water for the wool industries nearby, it is an arch-gravity dam on the Gileppe river. It was the first dam built in modern Belgium. The dam has a monumental lion sculpture created by the Belgian artist Antoine-Félix Bouré, who is famous for his public lion sculptures in Brussels and Charleroi.
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Limburg marl quarries
4.16km from Gileppe Dam & Lake
The Limburg marl quarries are approximately 250 large and small tunnel systems that have arisen in recent centuries in Dutch South Limburg and the Belgian municipality of Riemst as a result of the underground extraction of chalk and limestone by block crushers. In addition, a number of opencast quarries have been mined.
Labyrint Drielandenpunt
18.74km from Gileppe Dam & Lake
Labyrinth is Europe’s largest outdoor shrub maze. It was built by British landscape artist Adrian Fisher who used 17,000 hornbeam shDreiländereck rubs to constitute the maze. Not only is the maze the most South-Easterly place in the Netherlands, it is also the highest.
Vijlenerbos
20.05km from Gileppe Dam & Lake
The Vijlenerbos is an approximately 650 ha large forest and nature reserve near the town of Vijlen in the Dutch Limburg municipality of Vaals . Small parts of the Belgian municipality of Blieberg are located on the southern edge of the forest . The Vijlenerbos actually consists of several forests, all of which are owned by Staatsbosbeheer . it is therefore sometimes referred to as the Vijlenerbossen.
Mergellandroute
20.23km from Gileppe Dam & Lake
The Mergelland route is a tourist route mapped out by the ANWB and runs through one of the hilliest parts of the Netherlands , namely South Limburg. The Mergelland route is a popular and often driven route for holidaymakers through the Limburg Heuvelland with a length of 110 kilometers by car and motorcycle or 127 kilometers by bicycle.
Aachen Cathedral
22.03km from Gileppe Dam & Lake
This UNESCO World Heritage Site is a Roman Catholic church in Aachen, Germany, and one of the oldest cathedrals in Europe. It was constructed by an order from the emperor Charlemagne in 814. Since 1802, it is the mother church of the Diocese of Aachen.
Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij
26.97km from Gileppe Dam & Lake
The Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij is a foundation that operates the steam train service on the railway line between Kerkrade and Schin op Geul , a tourist railway , under the museum name Miljoenenlijn . The section between Kerkrade and Simpelveld is part of the Miljoenenlijn . Up to and including 2016, Schin op Geul and Valkenburg also ran.
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