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Vien Castle stands in the village of Vien, in the municipality of Anthisnes, in the Liège Condroz. It is a neoclassical brick and limestone residence set in a park. It was built around 1770 for Jacques de Beghein, échevin of Liège. The main body has seven bays over two storeys, under slate roofs, and towers mark the corners. The north façade bears a central pediment with the arms of the Roly de Vien family. On the south side, the central projecting bay is flanked by two towers. The estate was sold in 1811 to the lawyer Henri-Louis Roly. In the nineteenth century, his descendant, Baron Étienne Roly de Vien, had the side wings raised by one storey and buildings constructed at the rear. Around 1865, the Liège painter Paul-Joseph Carpay decorated the rotunda salon. Further additions followed in the second half of the century. The estate retains eighteenth-century entrance piers, outbuildings and a walled former kitchen garden. The property passed to the barons de Moffarts through the marriage of Marie Roly to Baron Camille de Moffarts. According to the Walloon heritage inventory, it belongs to Baroness Marie Edmée de Moffarts and her husband, Count Alain de Massol de Rebetz. The castle is partly protected as part of the Walloon heritage. It is a private residence.