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At the borders of the springs country, The Ardennes and of the Herve country, Verviers offers to the visitors, the charms of a provincial town. |
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| The Vesdre valley sides have kept their vegetal covering which filled of enthusiasm Victor Hugo himself: | |||
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"It's the most ravishing valley in the world". Verviers is a part of the tourist pole of the east Wallonia together with Spa, Stavelot, Malmedy, Coo, Francorchamps and the Eastern Districts |
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| The exceptional properties of the water issued from the "Hautes Fagnes" plateau has generated the wool industry development on the Vesdre sides Owing to Verviers citizens' knowledge and know-how, the town became one of the wool world centre. |  |
Industrial revolution, which has grown on the european continent, starting from Verviers, allowed to the manufacturing of woollen cloth and to its business, to reach an exceptional fame. | |
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Enhanced by judicious restoration, the town keep numerous traces of that famous past.
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| Verviersima - the best part of the town : its wool past as well as its industrial, business and tourist present - stands the wool interpretation center located into the former Dthier's Manufacture built in Neo-classic in the early 19 th century.
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The Wool and Fashion Tourist Cenre shows an interactive and dynamic show-circuit. Scenographed areas, moving images and comments in several languages allow to discover not only the various steps of the woollen cloth manufactoring process, but also the dress history. Under impressive oak frame, Verviersima welcomes seminars and remarkable temporary exhibitions. | |
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The visit of down town by foot or by bus allows to go and meet the astonishing builded patrimony and a series of authentic machines representative of the wool work. |  |
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| It also allows to discover remarkable buildings which remind the brightness of one of the wool world centre. |  |
The seductions of Verviers remain to be discovered.
Verviers, an ............in fashion town ! |
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