The pretty little town of Rochefort, about 30km/19miles southeast of Dinant near the Lesse and Lomme National Park, was once the capital of a county the only witness to which are the ruins of a 12th C. castle; now it is a summer resort visited especially by walkers and anglers.
Near the Abbey of
Saint-Rémy, a marble quarry once provided marble for St Peter's in Rome.
History touched Rochefort in 1792 when in Rue Jacquet No.8 the Marquis de La Fayette and Châteaubriand, both fleeing from Jacobin terror, were arrested by Austrian troops.