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9 Corroy-le- Château q Jardins d’Annevoie
Rue de Corroy-le-Château 4, Rue des Jardins d’Annevoie 37,
Gembloux; 20 km (12 miles) NW of Annevoie; 12 km (7 miles) SE of
Namur. Road Map D3. Tel (081) Floreffe. Road Map D3. Tel (082)
633232. n Office du Tourisme de 679797. £ @ Open Apr–Nov:
Gembloux, Rue Sigebert 1; (081) 9am–5pm Mon–Fri. & 7 - =
626960. ∑ corroy-le-chateau.com ∑ annevoie.be
Its woodland setting gives this The elegant 18th-century
splendid medieval fortress a Château d’Annevoie is famous
romantic appeal. The robust for its beautiful park packed
13th-century towers and with water features. Supplied by
gateway over the moat lead four springs filling a long basin
to an intimate U-shaped called the Grand Canal, they
courtyard inside. The interiors, include a number of fountains,
however, have been much pools and waterfalls including
altered over the centuries and The moat and towers at the entrance to the strangely hushed
are mainly in the 18th- and Corroy-le-Château corrugated waterfall. Statues,
19th-century styles. The castle formal gardens, woodland
had been in the same family monastery on this site in 1121 glades and a grotto help create
since 1270, but a protracted and it became one of the region’s an enchanting environment, all
succession dispute led to its leading Premonstratensian of which was designed in the
sale in 2008. Many concerts abbeys. Wrecked many times 18th-century to reflect French
and special events are held by military action, it was largely and Italian tastes of the period.
throughout the year, including remodelled in the 18th cen tury The château itself has been in
a medieval fête in late April, with in an imposing late-Renaissance the Montpellier family since
jousting knights on horseback. style. It was then closed during 1675, and is unfortunately
the French Revolution, but not open to visitors.
0 Abbaye de reopened as a seminary in 1830.
The church, dating from the 13th
Floreffe century, is an atmospheric w Brasserie du Bocq
potpourri of styles ranging from
Rue du Séminaire 7, Floreffe; 11 km Rue de la Brasserie 4, Purnode; 8 km
(7 miles) SW of Namur. Road Map D3. Neo-Classical to Romanesque. (5 miles) SE of Annevoie-Rouillon.
Tel (081) 445303. Open Jul–Aug: The highlights are the exceptional Road Map D3. Tel (082) 610780; (082)
10:30am & 11:30am; Apr–Jun & Sep: Baroque choir stalls, masterpieces 610790 for reservations. @ Open
every hour 10:30am–5:30pm. & 8 of the German-born sculptor Jul–Aug: daily; late Mar–Jun and Sep–
0 = ∑ abbaye-de-floreffe.be Pieter Enderlin, who devoted Oct: Sat & Sun. & 8 2pm & 5pm.
Moulin-Brasserie: Open 11am–6pm 16 years (1632–48) to the = ∑ bocq.be
Mon–Fri, 11am–8pm Sat & Sun. intricate carvings.
The abbey is also famous as The picturesque, whitewashed
Occupying a commanding a producer of beer, cheese and Brasserie du Bocq at Purnode
position on a hilltop above River bread, and its products can be was founded by Martin Belot in
Sambre, the Abbaye de Floreffe sampled at the now restored 1858 and is still run by the family.
exudes a reassuring authority. 13th-century brewery, the It makes a wide range of beers,
St Norbert (see p167) founded a Moulin-Brasserie. including St Benoît, Triple Moine,

Fountains at the extensive and beautiful gardens of the Château d’Annevoie
For hotels and restaurants see pp269–70 and pp289–90

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