Melen Castle

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Le château en bref

Melen Castle stands on Rue Haute, in Melen (Soumagne), in the Pays de Herve. Built at the beginning of the eighteenth century — a date of 1706 once appeared on the first floor of the main block — it was enlarged and remodelled several times, notably by the addition of two square towers in 1885. The complex forms a U around a courtyard, in the manner of a fortified farmhouse: the main block, partly demolished, extends to the south-west through two agricultural wings enclosing two further square towers, while a remodelled former chapel survives to the east. The façades are entirely rendered in cement. A limestone stone bearing the arms of the de Rosen-Le Drou family is preserved at the rear. The regional heritage inventory (survey of 1980) specifies neither the current use nor the owners.