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==Sites== {{stack|[[File:Aywaille JPG01.jpg|thumb|right|'''[[Aywaille]]''': the bridge on the River Amblève|250px]]}} At the village of Coo (near Trois-Ponts) is the [[Coo Waterfall]], which at {{convert|15|m|ft}} tall is not the highest but one of the better known waterfalls in [[Belgium]]. The waterfall was created artificially in the 18th century when local monks cut through a bend in the river to feed a watermill. The dried out river bed is now used as the lower storage basin for the [[Coo-Trois-Ponts Hydroelectric Power Station]]. [[File:Waterfalls of coo belgium.jpg|thumb|left|Waterfall at Coo]] A curiosity of [[Lorcé]], a nearby village, is the unusual design of the dam located at a place called "Fang-Naze" or "Fagne-Naze." Built between 1928 and 1932, it captures about {{convert|50000|m3|acre-ft|lk=out}} of water, which is then led through a {{convert|3460|m|ft|adj=on}} long tunnel cut out of the hill, before falling {{convert|40|m|ft}} into the turbines of the power plant "Heid Ile" at [[Nonceveux]] part of [[Aywaille]]. On the right bank near [[Sprimont]] is the site of the [[Belle Roche cave]], the oldest known place of human occupation of the [[Benelux]] (dating back about 500,000 years). The "Fond de Quareux" stretch of the river near Nonceveux is listed as one of Wallonia's Major Heritage sites.
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