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This is an incomplete list of castles and châteaux in Belgium. [a] The Dutch word kasteel and the French word château refer both to fortified defensive buildings (castles proper) and to stately aristocratic homes (châteaux, manor houses or country houses). As a result, it is common to see the name of both types of building translated into ...
Historic house museums in Belgium (1 C, 28 P) O. Official residences in Belgium (1 C) P. Palaces in Belgium (2 C, 6 P) V. Villas in Belgium (1 P) Pages in category ...
Casteau (Walloon: Castea) originated as a village in the Hainaut province of Wallonia, in the French speaking south of Belgium. Casteau has become a district of the municipality of Soignies , centred around Soignies (town), and together with the former villages, now districts: Chaussée-Notre-Dame-Louvignies , Horrues , Naast , Neufvilles , and ...
The Royal Castle of Ciergnon (French: Château Royal de Ciergnon; Dutch: Koninklijk Kasteel van Ciergnon) or Ciergnon Castle (French: Château de Ciergnon; Dutch: Kasteel van Ciergnon) is a residence and summer retreat of the Belgian royal family situated near the town of Ciergnon in the municipality of Houyet, Namur Province, Wallonia.
The Château des Amerois (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto dez‿amʁwa]) is a 19th-century neo-Gothic style château in the Ardennes forest, south-east of Bouillon, Wallonia, Belgium. Replacing an original building destroyed by fire, the current château was built from 1874 to 1877 for Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders .
The Kingdom of Belgium accepted the convention on 24 July 1996, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] Belgium has 16 sites inscribed on the list. The first sites to be added to the list were the Flemish Béguinages, the Grand-Place in Brussels and the lifts on the Canal du Centre, at the 22nd UNESCO session in 1998 ...
The château itself is the main building of the Faculty of Engineering and houses lecture rooms and studios for the Department of Architecture, Urbanism and Urban Planning, including the Post-Graduate Centre Human Settlements and the Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (named after Raymond M. Lemaire). The building is open to ...
Marquess of Parc Locmaria (only for the head of the house; the others are count/countess) Marquess of Radiguès Saint-Guédal de Chennevière; Marquess of Ruffo de Bonneval de La Fare des Comtes de Sinopoli de Calabre; Marquess of Trazegnies d'Ittre; Marquess of Westerlo (for the head of the House of Merode, in addition to the title of prince)