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CASTLE OF ENGHIEN

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CASTLE OF ENGHIEN
© OPT/Joseph Jeanmart

Address:

Parc 5
7850 ENGHIEN
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Tel.:+32 (0) 2 397 10 20

Fax:+32 (0) 2 395 44 84

In the early 13th century, the castle was established on the place of the current access to the park. When the estate passed to d'Arenberg, it was restored and embellished until the city's invasion by de "sans culottes" (revolutionaries). It was plundered and all its riches were stolen. When the d'Arenberg family got it back, it was in such a ruined state, that Duke Louis-Engelbert had it razed to the ground in 1806 and rebuilt one there. It caught fire on the day of its inauguration.
The current castle in Louis XVI style is located in a magnificent 182 ha estate, on the place of the former Orangery, on request of Baron Empain. In 1926 two wings were added. The plans were drawn by architect Alexandre Marcel.