Chassepierre
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Chassepierre is part of the Belgian town Florenville located in Wallonia in the province of Luxembourg.
The village is a member of the non-profit organization Les Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie ("The Most Beautiful Villages of Wallonia"). The name Chassepierre comes from Casa petrea, the Latin for "stone house". Indeed, the houses of the village are mostly made of stones from the 18th and 19th century.
The village, considered one of the most charming of Belgium, is mainly famous for its international festival of street art, more commonly known as la Fête des Artistes (literally "the Artists’ Festival"). The Chassepierre Festival takes place every year on the second-to-last weekend of August.
The festival currently gathers some 50 professional performance companies with different artists such as actors, musicians, dancers, and acrobats from all over the world. More than 30,000 visitors take part in this festival every year.