Château d'Hougoumont

The Château d'Hougoumont (possibly originally Goumont or Gomont) 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.

Hougoumont, which had become dilapidated, was fully restored in time for the 200th anniversary of the battle and opened to the public on 18 June 2015.

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Château d'Hougoumont ranks #1,838 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #19 of the 91 mapped in Belgium. Founded 1358, it is older than 57% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 604 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 7,000 times in the last 60 days, more than 89% of the atlas. 13 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Brussels, 20 km away. See how Belgium compares in the castle statistics.

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