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Day of the Walloon Region

Day of the Walloon Region

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The Day of the Walloon Region or simply the Day of Wallonia (French: Fête de la Wallonie) is the annual public holiday of Wallonia, the southern region of Belgium. It is celebrated each third Sunday of September and commemorates the participation of the Walloons to the Belgian Revolution in 1830.

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  • Carlier, Philippe (1990). "La Wallonie à la recherche d'une fête nationale. Un épisode du mouvement wallon à l'aube du XXe siècle". Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire. 68 (4): 902–921. doi:10.3406/rbph.1990.3746.


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