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Le château en bref
Petegem Castle, at 52 Kortrijkstraat in Petegem-aan-de-Schelde (Wortegem-Petegem), was built in 1847 for Baron August Pycke de Peteghem, a former officer in Napoleon's army, to designs by the Brussels architect François Coppens, close to the former castle. This rectangular building of brick and stone, under a slate roof, draws its inspiration from French country residences of the 16th and 17th centuries: a central projecting bay with superimposed Ionic and Corinthian columns, and pseudo-towers with pyramidal roofs at the four corners. The hall, staircase, chapel and salon combine Flemish Neo-Renaissance, neo-Rococo and neo-Louis XVI decoration. It stands in the middle of a landscaped park with a pond, part of which was laid out as a golf course before 1980. Listed as a monument since 1 August 1986, it now serves as the clubhouse of the Royal Golf Club Oudenaarde, which runs a bar and restaurant there.