Wannegem-Lede Castle

En un regard

Le château en bref

Wannegem-Lede Castle, also known as the Château de Ghellinck d'Elseghem and nicknamed the "Petit Trianon" of Flanders, is a country house in the Louis XVI style built at the end of the eighteenth century on a ridge between the Scheldt and the Lys. Designed by the architect Barnabé Guimard for Baron Alphonse Baut de Rasmon, a botanist and horticulturist, it forms part of an estate laid out with the same care: a formal garden to the north, a landscape park to the south, a large pond with islets, garden follies and a collection of old trees. The castle, together with its interior, has been protected as a monument since 1971, and the protection was extended to the estate in 2002.