Clervaux · Luxembourg
In the destination Vianden and the Ardenas.
In the photo: Abadia Saint-Maurice de Clervaux
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The city
Clervaux lies in a narrow Clerve valley at the northern tip of the country, with the white castle in the middle of town and the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Maurice on the slope. The castle houses the exhibition The Family of Man by Edward Steichen, listed by UNESCO in the Memory of the World programme, as well as the museum of the Batalha das Ardenas. There is a train station on the line from the capital to Liège.
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The local experience
Exhibition of 503 photographs by 273 photographers from 68 countries, created by Edward Steichen for the MoMA de Nova York in 1955, about human life from birth to death. On permanent display at the castle of Clervaux since 1994.
12th-century castle in the centre of Clervaux, destroyed in the fighting of December 1944 and rebuilt after the war. It houses The Family of Man, the Museu da Batalha das Ardenas and scale models of the country's castles.
Benedictine abbey built in the early 20th century on the slope above Clervaux, in Burgundian Romanesque style. The monks usually sing the offices in Gregorian chant; the crypt has an exhibition about monastic life.
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