| GlobalGuide.Org Wavre (812 words) |
 | Wavre (Walloon: Wåve, Dutch: Waver) is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant, of which it is the capital. |
| Wavre is also called "the City of the Maca", referring to the statue of the small boy who tries to climb the wall of the city hall. |
| This part of Gaul, however, was ravaged by the Germanic invasions in the 3rd and 4th century, and it is only in the year 1050 that Wavre was mentioned for the first time, as a dependency of the County of Leuven, part of the Brabant pagus. |
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