Wasmes

Place in Wallonia, Belgium
Wasmes
Wame-e-Borinaedje (Walloon)
The church of Our Lady
The church of Our Lady
Location of Colfontaine in Hainaut

Wasmes (Walloon: Wame-e-Borinaedje) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Colfontaine, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

Vincent van Gogh - 1878 1879 - Wasmes - House of baker Denis - Corner street of Petit-Wasmes and street Wilson, before renovation.

In January 1879 Vincent van Gogh temporarily moved to the village, in the hamlet of Petit Wasmes, to take up a post as missionary.[1]

References

  1. ^ Letter 129
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