| Photo Information |
Copyright: john vantighem (john1)
(1739) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2009-07-11 |
| Categories: Experimental |
| Details: Tripod: Yes |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2009-07-11 12:46 |
| Viewed: 142 |
| Points: 0 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Hdr de trois photos 1)EASYHDR.
2)VSO image resize.
3)phtofiltre.
Vielsalm ville ardennaise de 7 a 8.000 habitants au coeur des ardennes Belge.
Vielsalm is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Luxembourg. On 1 January 2007 the municipality had 7,339 inhabitants. The total area is 139.76 kmē, giving a population density of 52.5 inhabitants per kmē.
Vielsalm (meaning "old Salm", to distinguish it from a newer settlement that was later abandoned) takes its name from that of the River Salm. It is the place of origin of the princely House of Salm.
St Gengoul's church in Vielsalm
[edit] World War II
In World War II, the 75th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, 575th Signal Co., maintained its command post in the town from January 19-22, 1945, as it counterattacked against the German army. |
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