Belgrade, Namur

Church of Saint-Joseph in centre of Belgrade

Belgrade (Walloon Belgråde) is an old village (now a suburb) close to the city centre of Namur in the Walloon region of Belgium.^[1] It was named after Belgrade, Serbia in 1718 to commemorate the Austrian empire's conquest of the city from the Ottoman Turks (the duchy of Namur was a dependency of the Austria-ruling royal house of Hapsburg).

References

↑ "Belgrade - Index des rues". Namur official website. 19 December 2011. Retrieved August 2014.

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Coordinates: 50°28′15″N 4°49′33″E / 50.47093°N 4.82595°E / 50.47093; 4.82595 (Belgrade, Namur)

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