Baraque de Fraiture
{{short description|Highest point in Luxembourg province, Belgium}}
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The Baraque de Fraiture is the highest point in the province of Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium. Situated in the Municipality of Vielsalm, it is {{convert|652|m}} high. It has a ski area comprising 3 pistes (350, 700 and 1,000 metres long), which normally open for less than 20 days a year. However, it has been open for up to 60 days per year recently.
Geography
La Baraque de Fraiture is on the ridge separating the Basin of the River Ourthe from that of the Amblève on the summit of the Plateau des Tailles consisting of grassland, countryside and forest.
= Access =
The Baraque de Fraiture may be reached via the autoroute du Soleil (A26 / E25), exiting at junction 50 and turning onto the N30 (Liège–Bastogne) and N89 (La Roche-en-Ardenne–Salmchâteau).
History
During the Second World War, on 11 May 1940, the day after the outbreak of the Battle of Belgium, the Baraque de Fraiture was taken by Germans of the 5th Panzer DivisionMary, Jean-Yves (2009). Le Corridor des Panzers, t. I, Bayeux, Heimdal, p. 121. with the objective of crossing the River Meuse at Dinant.
In popular culture
In December 2005, Dutch playwright Ivan Vrambout put on a play entitled Baraque Frituur which featured the mutual prejudices of Flemish and Walloons. The title of the piece was inspired by the way in which this author, like many Belgian children, used the words Baraque Fraiture when he was a child when referring to a baraque à frites, saying baraque friture (a friterie or chip kiosk) instead of fraiture (frituur has the same meaning in Dutch and French in this case). These friteries were usually mobile kiosks where traditional Belgian fries were sold in Belgium.
References
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External links
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- [http://www.ski-baraquedefraiture.be Official website]
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Category:Mountains under 1000 metres
Category:Mountains and hills of the Ardennes (Belgium)
Category:Ski areas and resorts in Belgium