Situated in the far southeast corner of Belgium wedged between France and Luxembourg, Arlon (Flemish Aarlen) is one of the country's oldest towns. Now the capital of the Belgian province of Luxembourg, it lies on the plateau of the Ardennes at the intersection of two Roman roads, Reims to Trier and
Tongeren to Metz. Having founded the settlement (Orolaunum), the Romans also later fortified it in the third C. A.D. The town is built on the slopes of a conical hill once topped by the castle of the counts of Arlon.