Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Castles

Wallonie

Château de Beaulieu (Lathuy)

Castles

Wallonie

Château de Beaulieu (Lathuy)

Highlight • Castle

Château de Beaulieu (Lathuy)

Name: Château de Beaulieu (Lathuy)
Rating: 2

Recommended by 20 hikers

Save

Location: Jodoigne, Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

Save

See hikes here

Take Me There

Routes here

Best Hikes to Château de Beaulieu (Lathuy)

3.8

(9)

hikers

1. Château Ghobert – Château de Beaulieu (Lathuy) loop from Les Rendanges

9.87km

02:36

80m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Intermediate

4.0

(1)

hikers

2. Water tower – Château de Beaulieu (Lathuy) loop from Lathuy

11.3km

02:57

80m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Intermediate

3.8

(5)

hikers

3. Château de Beaulieu (Lathuy) – Dongelberg Quarry loop from Dongelberg

8.65km

02:18

90m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Intermediate

Tips

Jeff S

September 7, 2024

A large white villa behind a wall and gate has the appearance of a castle here...

Translated by Google •

June 14, 2025

A beautiful driveway - with a fairly recent iron wayside cross at the beginning - takes you to this 'castle' that has a beautiful domain behind it with quite a few special trees and a large pond.

The castle, as a plaque at the entrance says, was inhabited by a certain baron Jean-Pierre de Beaulieu, actually Jean-Pierre baron de Beaulieu-Marconnay in full and Johann Peter von Beaulieu in German.

Why in German? Well, Jean-Pierre, J-P to his friends, was born in Lathuy in 1725. And that was part of the Austrian Netherlands at the time. And J-P became a general in the Austrian army where he fought against the Prussians during the Seven Years' War and against the French during the First Coalition War. In the battle against the French, led by a young man named Napoleon, Beaulieu became an artillery general and commander of the Austrian army in Italy. In 1796, however, he was replaced because he had not succeeded in stopping Bonaparte's troops. He died in 1819 in Linz, Austria, on his estate at the ripe old age of 94. So he did not stay here very often. But the domain is still worth it.

The castle you see here is not the first one. The first was built around 1777 by the lord general and a second one was built in 1803. Only a few elements of the first castles remain due to destruction during the war.

At the end of the 19th century, the castle came into the hands of the Pastur family. That is the same family that bought the castle in Jodoigne that later became known as Pastur Castle - see komoot.com/nl-nl/highlight/5965104

Finally: in Lathuy you can follow a 'de Beaulieu walk', information board near the church.

Translated by Google •

D4phn3

May 16, 2021

Nice walk full of greenery with a little more boring weather at the segment in the fields but could be shortened by leaving the gravel and going through the path along the grove. Nice discovery!

Translated by Google •

In the know? Log-in to add a tip for other adventurers!

Details

Informations

Elevation 160 m

Weather

Monday 27 October

10°C

7°C

0 %

If you start your activity now...

Max wind speed: 26.0 km/h

Most visited during

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See hikes here

Take Me There

Location: Jodoigne, Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

Other Popular Places to Check Out

Ferme Fortemps ou Ferme de la Place

Gustot Mill

Église Saint-Pierre de Sainte-Marie-Geest

Sint-Gorgonius Church, Hoegaarden

Farmhouses Built with Gobertange Stone

Fantoomvliegtuig

Moeras Menevallei

Watertoren

La ferme de la Hesserée

Incourt–Roux-Morroir Countryside Road

Ferme de Wahenges

Château de Beaulieu (Lathuy)

1. Château Ghobert – Château de Beaulieu (Lathuy) loop from Les Rendanges

2. Water tower – Château de Beaulieu (Lathuy) loop from Lathuy

3. Château de Beaulieu (Lathuy) – Dongelberg Quarry loop from Dongelberg

Other Popular Places to Check Out

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️