Hougoumont Bird Eye View

Château d'Hougoumont is a walled manorial compound, situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road in the Braine-l'Alleud municipality, near Waterloo, Belgium. The site served as one of the advanced defensible positions of the Anglo-allied army under the Duke of Wellington, that faced Napoleon's Army at the Battle of Waterloo on …
Château d'Hougoumont is a walled manorial compound, situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road in the Braine-l'Alleud municipality, near Waterloo, Belgium. The site served as one of the advanced defensible positions of the Anglo-allied army under the Duke of Wellington, that faced Napoleon's Army at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815.
  • Owner: Intercommunal cooperative society "Bataille de Waterloo 1815"
  • Built: Between 1358 and 1474
  • Condition: under reconstruction
  • Built by: Order of St. John of Jerusalem (the Knights of Malta)
  • Materials: sandstone and red brick
  • Battles/wars: Battle of Waterloo
  • Occupants: Father Pierre du Fief, Attorney General of the Council of Brabant · Family of Arrazola de Oñate · Philippe Gouret de Louville · François de Robiano · Family of Oultremont · Intercommunal cooperative society "Bataille de Waterloo 1815"

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