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Cow Sculpture of Fayt-le-Franc – Au Baron loop from Athis
02:15
36.7km
320m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 14, 2026
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1.44 km
Cow Sculpture of Fayt-le-Franc
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3.31 km
Old Passe-Tout-Outre Customs Post
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Being at the crossroads of the old Brunehaut road linking Bavay (in France) to Tournai (in Belgium) and the border road from Fayt-le-Franc to Roisin, and located exactly on the French border, the locality owes its name and its reputation to the fact that its café was the usual stopover for smugglers of all kinds, waiting at night to smuggle their goods into France.
Only an old and modest customs post and the Auberge du Passe-Tout-Outre (former 18th century farm) keep the memory of these bygone times.
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5.84 km
Au Baron
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Address: 2 Rue du Piedmont, 59570 Gussignies, France
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6.18 km
Gussignies
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6.43 km
Gussignies Castle
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The feudal castle of Gussignies has disappeared; the current castle dates from the end of the 18th century, when the Count of Fourmestraulx had a hunting lodge built consisting of a corridor leading to boudoirs (oral tradition), the origin of the current castle.
At the beginning of the 19th century, Anthime-Hyacinthe de Fourmestraulx established a marble sawmill at the bottom of the castle, along the Hogneau, and operated a quarry.
Count Anthime Hyacinthe de Fourmestraulx Saint-Denis had two daughters who shared the castle: Mathilde (1809-1894) married Bertrand Delpoux de Nafines and Zoé (1817-1885) married Count Anne Philippe Picot de Moras. The castle was in poor condition and too small to accommodate the two families. It was transformed in 1865. On the death of the Countess Picot de Moras, the castle represented too large a share in the sharing and had to be sold. The Viscount of Lourmel du Hourmelin bought it in 1887 and in turn sold it in 1912 to Count Édouard Le Mesre de Pas for his daughter Marie-Thérèse, wife of René de Witte14[insufficient source].
The current castle has been the property of the Witte family since 1912. Yves de Witte (theologian) and his wife Renelde Nolet de Brauwere van Steeland took over the property in 1977 followed the following year by his brother Jacques-Antoine (lawyer) and his married Thérèse Delvaux de Fenffe. Their father, Bertrand de Witte and his wife Marie-Simone de la Kethulle de Ryhove, settled in the outbuildings of the castle.
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21.2 km
Bavay Village
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36.7 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
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29.8 km
5.23 km
1.66 km
Surfaces
20.6 km
16.1 km
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