P5 - Grinchî - 7km

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The former church was set on fire in 1914. Its entrance portal can still be seen to the east, now turned into the War Memorial. The current church, larger and positioned perpendicular to the old one, was built in 1924.

The Porcheresse Castle, burned down in 1914, was restored in 1923.

On Rue de Graide stands the Clog Museum. Porcheresse was once the third-largest producer of clogs in the province. A film screening and collections illustrate the economic role of this activity. In front of the museum, in what used to be the schoolyard, there is a washhouse and a hand pump.

On the other side of the street, a small house draws attention with the inscription
“C S A L” under the upstairs window. Around twenty Committee houses were built in 1915 by the Luxembourg Relief and Food Committee. They housed families after the village was burned down in 1914.

To the south lies the Boulisse, covered with conifers. On the other side of the Graide road, the path runs along the Grinchi hill. Pandarias, a forgotten village, was emptied of its inhabitants in 1636 by wars and epidemics.

The path descends toward the Water Pump, a relic of industrial archaeology, restored in 1990. Built in 1870, this machine raised water coming from springs located behind the building. The water of the Almache powered a bucket wheel that moved two pistons in horizontal cylinders. The spring water, under pressure, was then pumped back up to the village. The pump remained in operation until 1952. Between the pump and the Almache there used to be a Tannery.

After the footbridge over the Almache, the route reaches Les Rives, formerly a refreshment bar at the tram stop. The road crosses the Pont des Rives. It then passes the former Lalou Mill, inactive since 1914. The remains of the millrace that brought the water are still visible on the left.