Latinne

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Situated at the bottom of the side of the valley, the village follows the line of the Méhaigne.
Latinne has two distinct parts: Latinne "proper" and Hosdent.
When you approach from the south, the village rises up as a peaceful and level silhouette with only the church tower rising above the horizon.
 
Latinne - on the slope of a hill that descends towards the Méhaigne - has a linear shape like that of Avennes: It is made up of lots of closely grouped houses; the main road seamlessly connects Fallais with Braives. Most of the side roads are dead ends. However, the road that runs alongside the church and an old farm descends to the river and allows access to Hosdent. Another road leads onto the Huy-Hannut road: It is lined by a few houses dating from the last century and lots of more recent buildings. The small triangle formed by "Les Golettes" is a peaceful little area. It owes its fame to its prehistory.
Hosdent
Even though Hosdent and Latinne were merged to form a single village centuries ago, the distinction between the two parts is still marked.
 
Hosdent is known for its listed law court, whose buildings have just been restored. It houses the offices of the Centre for the Méhaigne and the Rural Environment and a village hall.

Église Saint-Désiré (St. Désiré's Church)
Under the Ancient Regime, the parish consisted of Latinne and Hosdent.
The nave and chancel date from the 16th century. The chancel ends in a three-sectioned aspe that is lit up by four ogival tier-point windows . The rest of the church dates from 1863.
There is a polychromed oak statue of a bishop saint, dating from the second half of the 16th century.
At the entrance to the church, you can see the impressive tombstone of Jean de Hosdent, who died in 1526, and his wife, who died in 1510.

Chapelle Saint-Maur (Chapel of Saint Maurus)
This religious monument is situated against a slope next to a country road and near to a Merovingian cemetery.

Tallieu Farm
This vast courtyard farm consists of white bricks. Most of the buildings date from 1777 and were modified in the 19th century.
In the 18th century, the farm belonged to the Lord of Braives, who succeeded the Bozeau family.

Belle-Thérèse Farm
This farm is situated along the major Huy-Hannut road at an altitude of 170 metres in one of the highest spots in the region.
This is the farm where Hubert Krains set the action of his novel "Le Pain Noir".

Marneffe burial ground
This relic of Roman times has happily been spared by agricultural machinery.

Hamlet of Hosdent
This hamlet is a remarkable architectural site: As well as the mill, law court, and old manor farm, many houses still boast sections of old wall which bear witness to the antiquity of the site.
A local curiosity: The usage in the oldest of the buildings of a schistose material extracted from the region's quarries.

Heine Farm (an old manor farm)
This is a vast farm situated in Place du Cortil.
It was mainly constructed on top of the remains of the old fortified manor house of Hosdent, which was demolished in 1815.
In the courtyard, you can see reused columns dating from the 16th century. As you pass by the farm and through the meadow, you will be able to see - embedded in the wall - an extremely beautiful and finely sculpted funerary slab in honour of Baron Charles de Salmier, Lord of Hosdent, who died in 1694 and his wife Anne Adrienne Havrec, who died in 1685.

The Old Law Court
Above the door, the coat of arms of the lords of Hosdent tell us that this building was constructed in 1685.
It is an extremely interesting construction made of rough-hewn schist and limestone decoration on the corners of the walls.
This listed building is extremely important with regard to the region's heritage and recently been restored. Today, it houses the offices of the Centre for the Méhaigne and the Rural Environment and a village hall.

Hosdent Mill
The buildings date from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
The wheel - which was still in existence at the start of the century - has unfortunately now disappeared.
The mill is currently being renovated and will soon house a 52-bed hostel.
In Rue du Thier du Moulin, which runs into the road to Fallais, it is worth stopping for a few moments to enjoy the magnificent view of the Méhaigne with its willows and poplars, the church and castle of Fallais at the bottom, and the Marneffe and Vissoul burial grounds in the distance.