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Wallonie

Walloon Brabant

Braine-L'Alleud

Hougoumont Castle

Wallonie

Walloon Brabant

Braine-L'Alleud

Hougoumont Castle

Highlight • Historical Site

Hougoumont Castle

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Location: Braine-L'Alleud, Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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Tips

July 27, 2020

Hiking

The Château d'Hougoumont (also called "Goumont") is a walled farm, which was the scene of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. After being left to his own fate for a while, he was restored a few years ago and finally opened to the public in June 2015, exactly 200 years after the battle.

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July 8, 2023

Hiking

After the Battle, most of Hougoumont's buildings were destroyed or set on fire. The walls of some of the buildings of the complex that had survived were riddled with shrapnel and bullet holes. The condition of the trees was appalling: torn branches and leaves, trunks torn apart. Little more than a ruin remained of the castle and it was of course uninhabitable. All that remains now are the foundations.

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November 19, 2020

Hiking

Château d'Hougoumont (originally Goumont) is a walled farm compound, situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road in the Braine-l'Alleud municipality, near Waterloo, Belgium. The site served …

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Elevation 120 m

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There’s a fairly high chance of rain. Consider packing a waterproof jacket.

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Location: Braine-L'Alleud, Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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