De geschiedenis van dit kasteel is niet helemaal bekend.

Het is wel zeker dat er in de 11e eeuw sprake was van een adelijke familie in Waha.

In 1832 werd het landgoed waar het huidige kasteel staat gekocht door Lambert Louis le Jeune. Het huidige neoclassicistische gebouw werd vermoedelijk in 1842-1844 opgetrokken. Het is een bakstenen gebouw, dat bepleisterd is.
Ook de stallen en de wagenschuur dateren uit die periode.

Het gebouw is een evenwichtige mix van horizontale elementen (we wijzen op de lijsten) en vertikale elementen (de twee zijrisalieten), met veel lichtinval dankzij de vele, grote vensters.

Ook de binneninrichting in neoclassicistische stijl bleef goed bewaard. Er is o.a. een prachtige vestibule met een trap in St.-Remymarmer.



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The History of Château d'Hassonville by Paul Borman
Hassonville was, in former days, the seat of a Court of Justice which determined part of Laroche.
Hubert the Waha, knight, becomes the first known owner of the court the Hassonville in 1356.

As from the XVe century, this ground will belong to the nearest property of the lords of Humain as well as a dependent of the county of Laroche.
This leads us, around 1450, to lord Henri Botier Fexhe. His daughter, Catherine de Fexhe, married around 1455 with Jean I the Boulant. Jean II the Boulant, the oldest son, is the heir of Humain with the court of Hassonville.

Of his 3 sons, Robert the Boulant, becomes lord of Humain and Hassonville.
After the death of his son, Lamoralde Boulant, died without other children and Hassonville drew much interest.

Jehenne the Boulant can, finally, join Humain and Hassonville to her patrimony, which she transfers to her spouse Jean Richard Scönenbourg.
In 1602 they leave Humain and Hassonville to an affinity Gérard the Schwarzenberg.
After his death the property is left to his brother Edmond.

After the decline of Edmond the Schwarzenberg (+ 1656) the property goes first to Jean the Jemeppe and later to a Ville who sells the ground on august 16, 1686 to Mr Charles Gauthier de la Veranderie, governor of Marche, for the amount of 1000 florijnen.

In 1675 the city of Marche is occupied by the troops of Louis XIV.
Louis XIV, so one say, charmed by the landscape gave task to the lord de la Veranderie to build a pavilion for hunting. The construction is elegant, the landscape full of charm and the large park - so says the legend - designed by an assistant of Le Nôtre.

Louis XIV did probably not stay at Hassonville and 5 years later Hassonville is sold to Jean François Belhoste for the amount of 3,806 pounds.

By inheritance Hassonville is transferred in 1766 to Jean François Remacle the Belhoste, the only lord of Hassonville. It was him who, after a combat against the Austrians, orders his soldiers to plant a beech-alley of which some still exists.

Of his 7 children, Maximilien the Belhoste (1760 - 1845) left the field to his cousin Frantz the Neunheuser. In 1857, Neunheuser sells Hassonville with its 650 ha ground to Paul Alphonse Henry (1812 - 1897). He modernises the castle, places a warm air heating, joins the current wintergarden and constructs the rooms.

As only inheriting child, Charles Henry (1844 - 1922) gets in 1908 the authorisation, for him and his heirs, to join "the Hassonville" to its name.

In 1911, the property is sold to baron Ferdinand Drion du Chapois. In 1986, he sells the castle to the Rodrigues  - Van Eyck family.
End of the same year, château d'Hassonville opens as a hotel-restaurant with 20 rooms.
The last activities date from 1999, with the opening of the restaurant "Le Grand Pavillon" and the wine cellar "Le cellier de Bacchus".


https://www.hassonville.be/page/lhistoire-du-chateau

Kasteel van Hassonville

Jemeppe Castle, also known as Hargimont Castle, is a castle in Hargimont, now part of the municipality of Marche-en-Famenne, province of Luxembourg, Belgium.

History
It is known that during the Roman era a fortified villa was established in the region. The present castle is however of medieval origin.

In the Middle Ages the manor of Jemeppe consisted of only a few buildings, surrounded by marshland and the river Hedrée. These offered little protection against the ruling families of Namur and Luxembourg, who had been fighting to gain control of the territories of Durbuy and La Roche since the 12th century. A fortified house was built here in the early 13th century, later replaced by Jean d'Ochain with a donjon protected by moats.

Originally, the donjon had five storeys. Access to the upper and lower floors and the two cellars is via the ground floor, through the only door in the tower. The first two floors were designed as living quarters, and the two floors above that were of a more basic design and used as staff quarters, for storage, and to provide shelter for inhabitants from the manor of Jemeppe seeking refuge.

The donjon remained in the d'Ochain family until 1616, when the heiress, Catherine de Jemeppe, married Raes d'Ans, sieur de Velroux. It was probably Raes d'Ans, shortly after acquiring the property, who extended the fortified tower with living quarters into a square castle building. The wings of the castle, double moat and farmstead also date from that period. The wings were modernized in 1739 and 1748, and more windows were added. Restoration work was also carried out at the beginning of the 19th century, including on the gallery and the gatehouse next to the donjon.

In 1838, the castle passed to the de Sauvage-Vercour family. Between 1865 and 1875, Adrien de Sauvage-Vercour had extensive renovation work carried out on the castle. Attics and pitched roofs were added to the wings. He also commissioned an unknown architect to build a "crowning apex" on the donjon, and the old flat roof was replaced by the present steep roof. After the work was completed, weathervanes in medieval style were added to the tower roofs. One of the vanes still bears the de Sauvage-Vercour monogram.

Jemeppe Castle

The Chateau was built in 1758 by Guillaume Joseph de Harlez, then completed and decorated by his son Simon-Joseph de Harlez in 1770. Its distinctive U shape is made of whitewashed bricks and blue stones under slate roofs, with an inner yard surrounded by outbuildings.

The seigniorial chapel is dedicated to Saint Remacle and was decorated with stucco work and baroque altar.  The interior of the Chateau is sumptuously decorated, particularly with rococo stuccos from the artist  François-Joseph Dukers, and paintings by Jean-Dieudonne Deneux.

To the north, a walled garden dateing from the XVIIITH century was restyled into a French garden at the beginning of the XXTH century. At the rear lies a beautiful view of the Ourthe river and the landscaped garden consisting of interesting heritage trees from the second half of the XIXTH century.

Part of the exceptional Walloon Heritage since 2002.

Today the Chateau is inhabited by Stéphane and Dominique de Harlez de Deulin and their children.

In 2016 the paint, window frames and the roof has been totaly refurbished.


http://www.espacedeulin.be/en/the-chateau

Kasteel van Deulin

Rochefort Castle, locally known as Vieux Château Comtal de Rochefort, lies in the center of the town with the same name, in the province of Namur in the Wallonia region in Belgium.

A castle was first mentioned at this site in 1155. At that time it was owned by the Montaigu family. Later on it was owned by the Walcourt family and was known as the largest castle in the Famenne region. Not much is known about the history of the castle in those times.

It was built on a strategic location which caused it to be besieged several times.

In 1445 a French colonel; Nadonnet, and his soldiers set up headquarters in the castle to aid the Lord of Rochefort; Evrard de la Marck, in his uprising against the Duke of Burgundy. As a result the bishop of Liège besieged the castle. After several days Nadonnet was bribed and escorted back to France.

In 1651, during the war between France and Spain, the castle was taken by a colonel Latour who served Spain. In 1653 the castle was sieged twice, without result, by French troops. The castle was garrisoned by French imperial troops in 1674.

In 1746 the castle was thoroughly rebuilt into a real palace for the Count of Rochefort. He found the old castle too oldfashioned with its military, and thus unappealing, appearance. He tore down the medieval keep and added a large esplanade built on 10 large arches and French garden.

At the end of the Ancien Régime, in 1774, the castle was stormed by the angry townspeople of Rochefort. It was then owned by the Stolberg family. After the French Revolution the castle was sold. The new owner couldn't pay the cost of its upkeep and started to sell building materials. This eventually turned the castle into a quarry.

A new, neogothic castle was built on a small part of the original castle's foundations in 1904. Since 1966 the castle ruins were consolidated. And from 1987 the castle is maintained by the "Friends of Rochefort Castle"-foundation. The castle can be visited for a small fee. There is a small archaeological exposition. This castle is not very spectacular but nice to visit when you are in the neighbourhood. I especially liked the arches under the esplanade with the hanging plants.

Rochefort Castle

Het Chateau de Rendeux in Rendeux-Bas is gebouwd in de 17de eeuw. Tot de voormalige eigenaren behoren o.a. de families d’Harscamp en Orban de Xivry. Het Chateau is gelegen op een schitterend landgoed van 8 ha met wandelpaden en grasvelden en is gebouwd in bloksteen op de plaats waar vroeger een ridderhofstede stond. Het landgoed van Rendeux Saint-Lambert werd tijdens de 17de eeuw (1646) gebouwd door de Samres en maakte deel uit van het grondgebied van de Prinsen van Luik. Het gebouw onderging verschillende grondige veranderingen, onder meer in de 18de eeuw door Barthélemy de Monin. Dawance-Orban, schoonbroer van minister Frère-Orban, gaf de woning zijn edele uitstraling. In 1986 werd het kasteel van Rendeux door een grote brand gedeeltelijk vernield. Het werd verlaten en pas in 1997 door de huidige eigenaars gekocht.
Na 6 jaar van werken werd de woning in ere hersteld maar nu als 4-sterrenhotel en idem restaurant. Op hun site zeggen ze zelf dat “onze Franse eerste kok, tweede meester wijnkelner in België, die een internationale roem geniet en die de grootste Franse presidenten heeft gediend, het genoegen heeft u te ontvangen in een restaurant met een heerlijk kader en in een warme, verzorgde stemming”. En inderdaad, in onze gastenboeken vinden we regelmatig goede recensies.
In de zomer eet u buiten op de voorplaats. Een waar genoegen want soms waan je je even kasteelheer in vroeger tijden.


https://www.vakantiehuisverhuur.eu/2011/09/gastronomie-le-chateau-de-rendeux/

Kasteel van Rendeux-Bas

Barvaux-Condroz (en wallon Barvia) est une section de la commune belge de Havelange située en Région wallonne dans la province de Namur. C'était une commune à part entière avant la fusion des communes de 1977, lors de laquelle les villages de Barvaux-Condroz, Flostoy, Jeneffe, Maffe, Méan, Miécret, Porcheresse, Verlée, ainsi que les hameaux de Bormenville, Failon, Gros-Chêne, de Montegnet et d'Ossogne se rassemblent sous la juridiction administrative de Havelange.

Le château

Le château de Barvaux-Condroz, qui appartient à la famille d'Aspremont Lynden2 depuis 1680, a été détruit à la fin XVII pour cause de vétusté, avant d'être reconstruit dans un style XVIII vers 1735. Le château a été ravagé en 1940 par un incendie consécutif à l'explosion accidentelle d'un vase d'expansion, ne laissant que les murs extérieurs et le hall d'entrée. Seules les dépendances et la porte qui desservait le pont-levis ne demeure de la construction originale.

Le "Chêne au Gibet"

Le "Chêne au Gibet" est un arbre d'environ 400 ans auquel, autrefois, les personnes condamnées à mort étaient pendues. Il s'agit d'un chêne pédonculé ou "quercus robur" dont la circonférence mesurée à 1,50 m du sol atteignait 566 cm en 2007. L'arbre et ses alentours sont classés en qualité de patrimoine historique de la Belgique. La "ballade du Chêne au Gibet" est une excursion en destination de cet arbre qui se fait depuis toujours.

Barvaux-Condroz

La partie la plus ancienne du château (en fait la ferme attenante) fût construite par la famille ‘de Blier’ aux alentours de 1500 ;
cette famille y demeurera jusqu’á la moitié du 19è siècle.
Le blason de la famille de Blier est toujours visible sur le fronton du porche d’entrée du château.
Il semble que l’acteur français bien connu Bernard Blier soit originaire de cette famille.
Vers 1870, Auguste Seny, héritier de la famille de Blier, fît construire le ‘Petit Château de Blier’,
qui sera revendu en 1882 á la famille liégeoise Wilmart, qui l’utilisa comme maison de vacances.
L’aîné des enfants Wilmart, Charles, choisît d’habiter au château, et, ayant besoin de place pour loger ses 8 enfants,
construisît, entre 1890 et 1905, ce que l’on appelle aujourd’hui le ‘Grand château’.

Charles Wilmart était Conseiller Provincial et Bourgmestre d’Amonines. 4 de ses enfants ont combattu lors de la 1ère guerre mondiale.
Il décéda au château le 18 septembre 1932.

Ses enfants décidèrent de vendre le château, en 1935, á Fernand de Ghoÿ, président de l’Enseignement Libre de Belgique.
Les portraits qui se trouvent encore aujourd’hui dans la salle de billard du Grand château représentent Fernand de Ghoÿ et son épouse.

La château servit de Quartier Général aux troupes américaines lors de la Bataille des Ardennes (2è Guerre Mondiale, décembre 1944 – février 1945) :
on dit que le général Patton y séjourna quelques jours.

En 1960, le château devint la propriété d’une Mutualité flamande, qui allait y organiser des vacances pour les enfants en été.
La ferme fût alors vendue á un fermier.

En 1997, la famille Van Dessel racheta la propriété, et y entreprit d’importants travaux d’embellissement
afin d’exploiter le château comme maison de vacances.
Une annexe fût vendue en 1999 á Yves Vanderlinden, qui y installa l’hôtel-restaurant L’Affenage.

Kasteel van Blier

La Roche-en-Ardenne Castle is a ruined medieval castle near La Roche-en-Ardenne in the Province of Luxembourg, Belgium. Located on a rocky ridge overlooking a loop of the Ourthe river, its origins go back to a Celtic oppidum.

History

The castle was built on the ruins of a Celtic oppidum, on a site where human presence dates back to Neolithic times. The Romans later established a fortified camp there. In the early eighth century, Pepin Landen built a villa on the site.

Approximately 844, Adelard, Count of La Roche, established the first castle. After the death of Henri de la Roche in 1152, the countship passed to Henri the Blind Count of Namur, and upon his death in 1196, to his daughter Ermesinde of Luxembourg (and thus to the line of the counts of Luxembourg).

In the 14th century, the inhabitants of La Roche were authorized by Jean the Blind, count of Luxembourg, to protect their city by a wall and towers that strengthened the defensive system of the castle.

The strategic importance of the castle did not escape Louis XIV. From 1681 to 1688, he had a student of Vauban reinforce the structures. However, these improvements did not benefit him much since the castle was taken by the winners of the War of Succession of Spain and they neglected it little by little.

The misfortunes of the castle continued in 1721, when it was badly damaged by a fire caused by lightning. Joseph II of Austria then dismantled it. It was the prey of vandals in the nineteenth century, and it also was damaged in the bombing of December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge.

Fortunately for history and architecture enthusiasts, the ruins of the castle of La Roche-en-Ardenne still constitute today a beautiful example of military architecture throughout the ages.

Château de La Roche-en-Ardenne

Ciergnon Castle, or the Royal Castle of Ciergnon (Château Royal de Ciergnon; Koninklijk 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, province of Namur. The castle is a property of the Belgian Royal Trust.

The domain with its woods, river and vast hunting grounds was acquired in 1840 by King Leopold I of Belgium at the request of his spouse Queen Louise-Marie. At first a hunting lodge was erected on a beautiful terrace overlooking a deep forested valley. The present château was erected later by King Leopold II of Belgium. The edifice was designed by his court architect Alphonse Balat. Since then it has always served as a holiday retreat to the Royal Family. In 1960 it was the venue for the press presentation of King Baudouin's fiancé Dona Fabiola de Mora y Aragon.

More recently the children of Philippe, King of the Belgians, Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, Prince Gabriel, Prince Emmanuel and Princess Eléonore were baptised in the chapel of the château.

The Royal Family also owned other castles in the direct vicinity of Ciergnon. Fenffe Castle is still in use as a holiday retreat by the royal family. Ardenne Castle was, according to the wish of King Leopold II, converted into a luxury hotel. It was closed after World War II and destroyed by fire in 1968.

Royal Castle of Ciergnon

Leignon Castle, locally known as Château de Leignon, lies next to the village of the same name, in the province of Namur in the Wallonia region in Belgium.

Before Leignon Castle was built there was an earlier building on this site, dating back to the 17th century, on an old estate belonging to the Stavelot Abbey. Around 1890 the estate with all its buildings were bought by Isidore Jacques Eggermont, a Belgian diplomat from Ghent. He then had everything completely rebuilt by the Belgian architect Auguste Van Assche, giving the castle its present appearance.

In 1953 the castle was bought from the Eggermont family by the National Railway Company of Belgium. Later that century the estate was gradually broken up. The castle is now a private residence again. The stables and the outbuildings are home to a youth organisation organizing horse camps and the lands are part of a separate farm.





https://www.castles.nl/leignon-castle