2023-08-19 15:56:00
As usual, this 25 Franchimont fair opened with the procession of Prince-Bishop Erard de la Marck, the event’s key figure. “He is the one who opens the fair and authorizes it, we bow down to him!” , recalls the president, Patrice Lambert.
This year, Jean-Pierre Sougné passed on his red velvet outfit to Vincent Maquinay, a well-known face of Theutois. “He was head of the Theux police station and now he is head of the church! He has been with the monks of Franchimont for years and years, it’s a bit of a progression for him.”
It preceded a long suite starting from the Place du Perron, already well supplied with monks, of course, but also with nobles, archers,… Very convincing in his role, the prince-bishop thus imposed his authority on the many spectators already this Saturday morning.
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