© Photo by Tim Hulsen
The town is shaped by a narrow valley between the rock and the river Meuse, stretching from North to South along the shore. It became wealthy because of agricultural opportunities presented by the fertile of the land on the plateau that overlooks it, as well as by the limestone of the cliffs themselves. Military architecture fans would admire the 11th-century built citadel, while gastronomy maniacs would appreciate special quiche dinantaise and couque, Europe's hardest biscuit. Dinant was also a hometown of Adolphe Sax, inventor of saxophone.
