Marchienne-au-Pont

Marchienne-au-Pont (French pronunciation: [maʁʃjɛn o pɔ̃]; Walloon: Mårciene) is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Charleroi, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

In 980, Prince-Bishop Notger acquired the powers of the count and transformed the domain into a political enclave of Liège with, as a stronghold, Thuin and its ramparts.

On October 12, 1918, Yvonne Viesley, age 10, was shot by a German soldier after she tried to pass a piece of bread to French prisoners through the bars of a gate.

The pulpit is also worth admiring, made entirely of stone from the local town of Soignies with a rectangular gallery, four sculpted corner panels, mouldings and gilded bas-reliefs.

The communion rail, moved to the back of the church, is magnificent but no longer in use, and the carved dark oak choir stalls have no other purpose than to be admired.

The city in 1740.
City coat of arms.