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Château de Villers-Campeau is a rural aristocratic estate straddling the communes of Somain and Bruille-lez-Marchiennes, in the Nord department; it belonged to the former commune of Villers-Campeau until its merger with Somain in 1947. The estate was acquired in 1679 by an ancestor of François Remy and became the seat of the Remy de Campeau family. It is organised around an 18th-century main building, a forecourt, outbuildings, a farmyard and a landscaped park, crossed by a hydraulic network predating the 17th century, with its bridges. Substantially renovated around 1870, the château received a gallery decorated with statues of the four seasons and plaster casts after Canova. The park contains follies: a Moorish pavilion, a column surmounted by a cast-iron Mercury, and an ice house, as well as a castle mound (motte castrale). The whole estate, including the approach avenue, has been listed in its entirety as a monument historique since 2 February 2016. It is a private property.