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Château d'Orval, in Villers-devant-Orval (Florenville), in the Gaume region, is a neo-medieval residence built of local stone. It should not be confused with the nearby Cistercian Orval Abbey. It stands on the former estate of the abbey. According to the inventory of parks and gardens of Wallonia, buildings were erected on the site of the abbey farm in 1875 by Baron de Loen d'Enschedé, and the park underwent alterations around 1870 and again in 1960. The former château, severely damaged during the two World Wars, fell into ruin. It was replaced by the present building, constructed around 1960 to designs by the architect Émile Godin for Baron d'Otreppe de Bouvette. The building comprises an L-shaped main block on two storeys, completed by a round tower, mullion-and-transom windows on the first floor, and a slate roof with four chimneys. A private chapel overlooks the former château, to its left. The whole is reflected in the pond that once supplied hydraulic power to the machinery of the forge situated below. A private property of the d'Otreppe de Bouvette family, the château is not open to visitors.