Chokier
Section of Flémalle, Belgium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chokier (Walloon: Tchôkire) is a village of Wallonia in the municipality of Flémalle, district of Flémalle-Haute, located in the province of Liège, Belgium. It is located on the left bank of the river Meuse.
The village is dominated by the Château de Chokier, an 18th-century rebuild of the earlier medieval castle, standing on a cliff overlooking the Meuse valley. Chokier Castle belongs to the Florani family
For centuries the castle was owned by the prominent Surlet de Chokier family, which included the Baron Surlet de Chokier who was Regent of Belgium in 1831 before the establishment of the independent monarchy after the Belgian Revolution.
The strategic and defensive advantages of the cliff where the château now stands were recognised as early as the Palaeolithic period, from when traces of human habitation have been discovered.
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- chokier-village.be[permanent dead link] (in French and Walloon)
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