Bois du Caillois

Bois du Caillois is a forest in Walloon Brabant, Wallonia. Bois du Caillois is situated nearby to the hamlet Bruyère des Berlus, as well as near the locality La maison du Roi.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Napoleon’s Last HQ and Hougoumont.

Napoleon’s Last HQ

Museum

Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Napoleon's Last HQ is a museum housed in the Ferme du Caillou at Genappe, Belgium, where the Emperor Napoleon stayed the night before the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815.

Hougoumont

Garden

Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The 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 Lion's Mound is a large conical artificial hill in the municipality of Braine-l'Alleud, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. King William I of the Netherlands ordered its construction in 1820, and it was completed in 1826.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Braine-l’Alleud and Genappe.

Braine-l’Alleud

Town

Photo: David Edgar, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Braine-l'Alleud is a municipality of Wallonia, in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium, about 20 kilometres south of Brussels. The municipality consists of the following districts: Braine-l'Alleud, Lillois-Witterzée, and Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac.