Château d'Aubry-du-Hainaut

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Château d'Aubry-du-Hainaut, in the Nord department near Valenciennes, stands on a site that was once marshy, where a modest twelfth-century fortress once rose. The present château dates from the Renaissance: in 1526, Jean de Thiant, governor under François Ier, had it rebuilt, blending Flemish and Spanish influences characteristic of the Hainaut of the period. The estate later passed to the lords of Bousies, of Gouzeaucourt and of Houplin, then to the Counts Van der Buch in the eighteenth century. After 1846, it changed hands several times until it came to Henri Maurice, mayor of the commune from 1888 to 1892, who laid out an English-style park. Restored between 1997 and 2000 by M. and Mme Coquerelle, it now houses a hotel geared towards seminars and receptions.