Château de Corroy-le-Château
The Castle of Corroy-le-Château is a medieval castle in the village of Corroy-le-Château, near Gembloux, in the province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. Originally built between 1220 and 1230 by William of Brabant, the castle is one of the best-preserved medieval buildings in Belgium, with gigantic round towers and a moat.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Locality with 1,320 residents
- Description: castle in Wallonia
- Also known as: “Castle of Corroy-le-Chateau”, “Castle of Corroy-le-Château”, “Corroy-le-Chateau”, “Corroy-le-Château”, “Corroy-le-Château Castle”, and “Gembloux (Corroy-le-Château)”
- Postal code: 5032
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gembloux Abbey and Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech.
Gembloux Abbey
University
Gembloux Abbey was a Benedictine abbey near Gembloux in the province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. Since 1860, its buildings host the University of Liège's Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech faculty and campus. Gembloux Abbey is situated 3½ km northeast of Château de Corroy-le-Château.
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
University
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, located in Gembloux, Belgium, is one of the eleven faculties of the University of Liège. Founded in 1860 and previously known as the Faculté universitaire des sciences agronomiques de Gembloux, it is Belgium's oldest educational and research institution dedicated to agronomic sciences and biological engineering. Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech is situated 3½ km northeast of Château de Corroy-le-Château.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corroy-le-Château and Bothey.
Bothey
Village
Bothey is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Gembloux, located in the province of Namur, Belgian. Bothey was its own municipality until the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977 when it merged with Gembloux.
Mazy
Village
Photo: Grentidez, Public domain.
Mazy is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Gembloux, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Mazy is situated 3 km south of Château de Corroy-le-Château.
Château de Corroy-le-Château
- Category: château
- Location: Gembloux, Arrondissement of Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Château de Corroy-le-Château” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Corroy-le-Châteauko gaztelua”
- Dutch: “Chateau de Corroy”
- Dutch: “Kasteel Corroy-le-Chateau”
- Dutch: “Kasteel Corroy-le-Château”
- Dutch: “Kasteel van Corroy-le-Chateau”
- Dutch: “Kasteel van Corroy-le-Château”
- Estonian: “Corroy-le-Château linnus”
- Estonian: “Corroy-le-Château loss”
- Estonian: “Corroy-le-Château‘ loss”
- French: “Chateau de Corroy-le-Chateau”
- French: “château de Corroy-le-Château”
- French: “Château de Corroy-le-Château”
- French: “Château médiéval de Corroy”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Corroy-le-Château”
- Portuguese: “Château de Corroy-le-Château”
- Portuguese: “Palácio de Corroy-le-Château”
- Russian: “Корруа-ле-Шато”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Corroy-le-Chateau”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Corroy-le-Château”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Château de Corroy-le-Château”. Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.