34 km | 41 km-effort
Private property.
Boussu Castle, an imposing construction from the depths of the Middle ages nestling in the Vallée de lEau Blanche (White Water Valley), offers passers-by a remarkable reminder of the principality period. A group made of limestone blocks arranged on either side of a square courtyard, surrounded by moat ponds probably dating from the 19th century, it is set in a partially walled park. Now owned by the Count and Countess of Villermont, in the Middle Ages the castle belonged to the Boussu family, whose members were provost marshals of the castellany. It was sold to Lord Jean de Marotte, an important forgemaster and grand bailiff of Châtelet, who gave it its current appearance; in 1625, the property was passed onto the Kiévrain family by alliance. After the French Revolution, the castle belonged to the Licots (de Nismes), the Riocours and finally in 1896, to the Villermont family. In 1897, the castle was restored and partially transformed in the neo-classical style.
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