Bellevue Castle

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Le château en bref

Bellevue Castle, at Gors-Opleeuw (municipality of Looz), is a small, isolated manor house on the edge of the Bellevue woods. An inscription on the gable dates it to 1764: it was built for Baron Isidore de Copis, younger brother of Dieudonné de Copis, lord of Gorsleeuw, who lived at Gorsleeuw Castle. The building, a double block of three bays on two storeys under a hipped roof, is in whitewashed brick with stone quoins of marl stone; it is distinguished by its central projecting bay with a false pediment and dormer, its arched windows framed in marl stone, and its first-floor balcony with a balustrade. The original façade, now at the rear, has retained its decoration and the baron's coat of arms, and the interior keeps its old layout as well as a rococo stucco fireplace. In 1830, the course of the Bellevuestraat moved the entrance to its present location, marked by an iron gate between brick piers; an outbuilding was added in the second half of the 19th century. The castle, its garden and its boundary wall have been protected as a monument since 1 March 2004.