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The name of Pont-à-Celles appears for the first time during the 16th century, when the monks of the Park built a bridge over the Pieton river near the church. The parishioners of Luttre and
Hairiamont then had to cross the bridge for going to service (hence bridge to Celles, or Pont-à-Celles in
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