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Your action can save the historic Quatre-Bras farm!
« le: 15 février 2011, 12:18:43 pm »
 
Dear Friends of military History

Already in September 2008, we appealed to many of you in order to save the historic Quatre-Bras farm, maybe the last witness of the famous battle of 16 June 1815 (two day before Waterloo), from destruction. It is located at the crossroads of the roads from Namur to Nivelles and from Brussels to Charleroi, and also served as a hospital after the battle.

Our appeal met a great success and thanks to your massive response, the project was rejected and the authorization to destroy the historic farm turned down.
Now, two years later, the owner, a property developer, has introduced a new request to destroy the farm buildings in order to build new houses and offices.

Again, we have to stand up against this project and express our disapproval of it. We already had some important support from the French side, but we desperately need British and Dutch support too!  If some British and Dutch (Napoleonic or military) associations would care to send a letter to both "Communal Administrations", we are sure this could have some impact!

The farm being located at the border of two districts, the e-mails and/or letters of rejection have to be addressed to the two municipalities:
- at Genappe:     by e-mail at: info@genappe.be
          and/or by mail at:  
                                            Au Collège Communal,
                                            Espace 2000, 3,
                                            B-1470 Genappe
                                            Belgium

- at Villers-la-Ville: by e-mail at olivier.vantielen@publilink.be and valerie.damanet@publilink.be , the two local officials in charge of the town planning at Villers-la-Ville. (If one of these addresses gives an error message, please try again, their mailbox has already been saturated once.)

BEFORE 22 FEBRUARY 2011 (after that date, it's too late).

Don't forget to mention your complete name and address. This is compulsory for your request to be accepted.

You can write in English or get some inspiration here, from our press release in French:
http://napoleon-monuments.eu/MONUMENTSENPERIL/20110210CommuniqueQuatre-Bras.doc

Only a few weeks after the theft of the Christ at the Hougoumont farm http://napoleon-monuments.eu/Napoleon1er/ChristGoumont_EN.htm and of the commemorative stone on the south wall of the Quatre-Bras farm http://napoleon-monuments.eu/MONUMENTSENPERIL/Quatre-Bras_EN.htm#Stone , we can not allow the new act of - what some of you very eloquently called – historical barbarism to happen.
Thank you to inform us of any action or letter at dominique.timmermans@skynet.be, so that I can keep you informed of any development.

Many thanks in advance.
Yours sincerely.
Dominique Timmermans
Maj (R)
In French: http://napoleon-monuments.eu/
In English: http://napoleon-monuments.eu/Napoleon1er/index_EN.htm
Latest developments here: http://napoleon-monuments.eu/MONUMENTSENPERIL/Quatre-Bras_EN.htm
(Coverage in the Belgian press on our page in French: http://napoleon-monuments.eu/MONUMENTSENPERIL/Belgique.htm)
« Modifié: 16 février 2011, 09:34:51 am par DominiqueT »

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Re : Your action can save the historic Quatre-Bras farm!
« Réponse #1 le: 15 février 2011, 16:15:33 pm »
You requested in your post that representations be made to the two authorities by " associations". Does this mean that individuals should keep clear? I would like to voice my displeasure/horror at this, but I don't want to interfere if it will upset or diminish the representations made by larger and much more qualified associations.

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Re : Your action can save the historic Quatre-Bras farm!
« Réponse #2 le: 15 février 2011, 19:08:43 pm »
J'ai envoyé un courriel aux trois adresses indiquées samedi dernier.

I've sent an e-mail to the three adresses specified last saturday.

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Re : Your action can save the historic Quatre-Bras farm!
« Réponse #3 le: 16 février 2011, 09:35:10 am »
Thank you very much.
Don't forget to mention your complete name and address. This is compulsory for your request to be accepted.


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Re : Your action can save the historic Quatre-Bras farm!
« Réponse #4 le: 27 avril 2011, 17:23:49 pm »
Update 27/04/11

The "Collège communal" of Genappe has given a negative advice, even if they agree with the principle of the building of a home for the elderly at that place. The negative advice is, among other things, motivated by an absence of guarantee on the future use of the place and by the negative advice of the fire department.

The governement official of the Walloon Region, in charge of this matter, has rejected the request.

We are very glad that he mentioned,

"Considérant que le bien est repris à l'inventaire du "Patrimoine monumental de la Belgique".

"Considering the fact that the good is mentioned in the inventory of the "Monumental heritage of Belgium"

However, this doesn't mean that the farm has been saved, because we suppose another request will be introduced. To be continued...

Thank you for your support.

http://napoleon-monuments.eu/MONUMENTSENPERIL/Quatre-Bras_EN.htm