Belgrade, Namur

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 county of Namur was a dependency of the Austria-ruling royal house of Habsburg).

Church of Saint-Joseph in centre of Belgrade.

References
  1. "Belgrade – Index des rues". Namur official website. 19 December 2011. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

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