Editing Thuin (section)

===Origins===

This area was already being used as a burial place in [[Gallo-Roman]] times, around the 2nd and 3rd century.  The earliest name of the settlement, ''Thudinium Castellum'', referring to a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] fortification, is found on a 9th-century offering in [[Lobbes Abbey]], which lists various neighbouring towns and related [[tithe]] duties.  The village was a possession of the abbey of Lobbes and, together with the abbey, became part of the [[Bishopric of Liège]] in 888. The neighbouring [[Aulne Abbey]], reputedly founded in the 7th century by [[Landelin]], a repentant robber, was also made part of the Bishopric of Liège.

A century later, [[Prince-Bishop]] [[Notker of Liège|Notger]] had a [[defensive wall]] built in Thuin, which then became the westernmost of the 23 ''bonnes villes'' (or principal cities) of the bishopric.