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Historic farm where Napoleon suffered key defeat for sale for £1.6 million EXCLUSIVE: Historians fear developers could turn the site into modern flats erasing the legacy of a battle that shaped the history of Britain and Europe.

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Does preserving and protecting a key site from the Waterloo campaign sound important to you?

Then follow @heritage1815.bsky.social to stay up to date with their efforts to safeguard the future of Gemioncourt farm, a site of significant fighting during the Battle of Quatre Bras.

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Home | Heritage 1815 Heritage 1815 is a committee of passionate historians, working with local and international stakeholders to preserve the heritage of the Waterloo campaign for future generations.

Read the statement in full on our website at heritage1815.com where you can also join our mailing list to stay up to date with our efforts.

Thank you for your support. Together we can protect this piece of European history, so that it can be enjoyed by future generations.

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The main gate of Gemioncourt farm, in Belgium

Yet with this uncertainty comes an exciting opportunity to conserve & develop the site into a heritage asset & place of learning.

Gemioncourt could become a hub for people to learn about the Battle of Quatre Bras, the Waterloo campaign & its significance in European history 3/

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The crossroads of Quatre Bras, Belgium, showing a modern block of flats over the site of what was once a field hospital during the battle

Recently the farmhouse of Les Quatre Bras on the crossroads at the northern edge of the battlefield was bulldozed and turned into flats (below)

We're therefore concerned that the sale of Gemioncourt threatens the future of this focal point of fighting on the 16th June 2/

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Gemioncourt farm on the Quatre Bras battlefield viewed from the air

Heritage 1815: a committee of Napoleonic historians working to safeguard the future of sites from the Waterloo campaign.

Following news of the planned sale of Gemioncourt Farm & 8.5 hectares of land on the Quatre Bras battlefield, the committee has issued a statement 🧵1/

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