The Trésignies barracks is a former military installation in Charleroi built in 1887, now housing the Musée des Chasseurs à pied , the Open University and spaces for entrepreneurship services.

History

The barracks was built in 1887 to house the military troops of the 13 ^th regiment of line and 1 ^st regiment Hunters walk .

The name of “Trésignies” was given to it in memory of Corporal Léon Trésignies , a Belgian hero of the First World War , militiaman of the 2 ^nd  regiment of Chasseurs à pied , killed during a counter-offensive of the Belgian army at Pont burned in Vilvorde in August 1914. His regiment will be quartered there from 1919.

Around 1938-1939, the barracks were enlarged by a vast modernist complex erected along rue Émile Tumelaire 

Buildings 

The building forms a vast quadrilateral built mainly in brick under slate roofs accessible by a neo-medieval-style porch.

Military artifacts 

In the courtyard are displayed an American personnel carrier M75 and a German tank destroyer JPK. On the north side of the west wall are road signs dating from the wars in Yugoslavia .