Village de Foisches

Foisches is also a small rural commune. Here there are 6 farms still in activity... it's a record for the Pointe! In Foisches there used to be a marble quarry. A pink marble stele has been placed in the cemetery, reminding us that Foisches was once a mining country. A bit of history: Foisches is a Gallic appellation of origin. Foisches is said to come from Colonia Faustina (Colony of Faustin). If we go back to the 16th century, we have to know that the village of Foisches at that time, suffered from its proximity to Givet and the fort of Charlemont. The village was sacked between 1554 and 1558 following the fighting between the French royal troops and the armies of Charles V. At the end of the fighting, the captain of Hierges had a fortified house built in the commune, near the church of Saint-Martin. In 1640, the attack on Charlemont (held by the Spaniards) by the troops of the Marshal de la Meilleraye once again caused destruction. The fortified house was restored in the following years and the adjoining chapel restored in 1671. It was transformed into a farm after the Revolution and called the Templar Farm. No reference whatsoever to the Order of the Knights Templar, but simply a family name. The village will be ceded, by treaty of March 24, 1772, to the Kingdom of France.

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