"Le Tombeau du Géant" (the giant's grave) near Botassart is part of a beautiful panorama in southern Belgium.

According to an ancient legend, a giant was slain by a hundred men and burried under this hill.

The Ardennes in its widest sense are situated in southern Belgium and northern France, and in the east including the north of Luxembourg. It is an ancient region with a long history of Celts (Gaulles) and Romans, and the origin of many myths and legends. The region was named after the goddess Arduinna. Throughout the ages, and more recently during WW II, the Ardennes were the scenery of intense battles. Today it is a tranquil region with vast forests, hills, caves and rocky cliffs, and rivers peacefully meandering through them. There is a higher and a lower part of the Ardennes. The higher part, which is situated in the east and northeast comprise the highest hill summits. The lower Ardennes lie in the south and southwest. There are many smaller and larger rivers that originate on the high plateaus and that find their way downwards. Many caves have been formed in the hills by a process called "karstification". The grottes de Han-sur-Lesse are among the best-known, but  there are others in Rochefort, Dinant, Remouchamps, etc. Unique research is currently conducted in the Rochefort cave where active faults were discovered in addition to ancient ones from the Variscan orogeny.

The Ardennes