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The Château de Belœil is a château situated in the municipality of Belœil in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. It serves as the main residence of the princes of Ligne. The château lies in the middle of a Baroque garden designed in 1664. The château and gardens can be visited during spring and summer.
Belœil (French pronunciation:; Picard: Baileul; Walloon: Beleul) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is around 10 km south of Ath. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 13,347 inhabitants. The total area is 61.55 km², giving a population density of 217 inhabitants per km².
Sitting in an artificial lake within a vast manicured park, the Château de Belœil is a regal country palace-house that's packed with classical furniture and portraiture relevant to the princes ‘de Ligne’. English signage highlights unique pieces, such as 17th-century Brussels tapestries (by Judocus de Vos), a four-poster bed made for ...
The Beloeil estate has been the residence of the Princes of Line since the 14th century. Located in the “Land of Hainaut”, this vast seigniorial residence set in the middle of its moat was originally a medieval fortress but has been transformed into a pleasure castle over the centuries.
The domain of Beloeil has been since the XIVth century the residence of princes de Ligne. The park is 25 ha large and forms with the castle one of the most beautiful curiosities of Belgium. In each room, real ancient furniture and unique collecties pieces testify of the glorious past history, which lays each day the link with present and future ...
The library of Beloeil is famous for its interesting books but also for the quality of the bookbinding; signed by the most famous masters. Adjacent to the library, a small room contains books of the feld-maréchal Charles-Joseph de Ligne and more than 3.500 handwritten letters, correspondence between him and monarchs or celebrities of his time.
The Castle of Beloeil stands behind its moats and gardens in Hainaut for the last eight centuries. This vast stately home of the Princes de Ligne began life as a medieval fortress; over the course of centuries it has been transformed into a country home. Antoine de Ligne began laying out the grounds that surround the castle as early as 1515.
