Ottegraeven Castle

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Le château en bref

Ottegraeven Castle (Ottegraven) stands at 's-Gravenvoeren, in the municipality of Fourons (Voeren), at nos. 3, 5 and 7 Ottegraevenstraat. A former feudal site, it was rebuilt in 1710 as a country house by Henri-François de Bonhomme, canon and then dean of the chapter of Saint Servatius in Maastricht, and its moated plan already appears on the Ferraris map. The upper court, surrounded by water and reached by a bridge of brick and limestone, contains a main range with an oak staircase and Renaissance and Régence fireplaces; the U-shaped lower court of 1732–1733, in the Mosan tradition, was remodelled in the 19th century. A Louis XVI chapel, the entrance gates, a landscaped park and a hydraulic pumping mill, rare in Flanders, complete the ensemble. As the residential and agricultural use has never ceased, the estate has retained remarkable authenticity; the castle, farm, chapel, gates, park and mill have been protected as a monument since the ministerial order of 2014.