Chateau de Corroy-le-Chateau

Castle of Corroy-le-Chateau is a medieval castle in the village of Corroy-le-Chateau, near Gembloux, in the province of Namur, Belgium. Originally constructed among 1220 and 1230 with the aid of William of Brabant, the citadel is one of the fine-preserved medieval homes in Belgium, with significant round towers and a moat. After a few eight hundred years in the possession of the descendants of William of Brabant, the counts of Nassau-Corroy. One of the owners turned into Alexis of Nassau-Corroy, bastard son of Henry III of Nassau-Breda. His descendant Joseph-Ignace de Nassau, 1st Count of Corroy refurbished the citadel and indoors.

The ultra-modern of whom to stay there of their descendants is the Marquess of Trazegnies d'Ittre. A own family dispute caused a courtroom ordering the sale of the castle at public public sale. In 2008 it become to be bought to the artist Wim Delvoye, who announced that he deliberate to turn it right into a museum of modern artwork. However, the marquis controlled to defeat the sale and retain ownership of his ancestral home.