Malou Park, Urban park in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels, Belgium
Malou Park is a large green space in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert with lawns, mature trees, and a pond where paths wind around the water. The grounds are defined by a white classical manor house called Château Malou, which sits on a slope overlooking a broad lawn from its position on a rise.
The park grew from the marshy banks of the Struybeek, a Woluwe tributary, where the Preud'homme family laid out gardens for the t'Speelgoet hunting lodge in the early 17th century. In 1774 the grounds held seven fish ponds and a small reservoir; in 1776 the banker Lambert de Lamberts built the neoclassical château. Jules Malou lived there from 1853 to 1886, and the municipality bought the park in 1951.
The park and Château Malou are named after Jules Malou, who lived in the château from 1853 to 1886 and later served as Belgian prime minister. The château now hosts contemporary art exhibitions, and its front lawn is used for open-air exhibitions and summer concerts. East of the château, a playground is fitted out with a pirate boat for children.
The park lies east of Boulevard de la Woluwe, bounded by Avenue Debecker to the north, Chaussée Stockel to the south and Chemin du Struybeken to the east. The walk along the brook and pond was renovated in 2001. The Lindekemale watermill on the northern side now operates as a restaurant, and the playground with its pirate boat stands east of the château.
In 1774 the grounds held seven fish ponds, a small reservoir and a hunting lodge called t'Speelgoet, whose gardens the Preud'homme family had laid out in the early 17th century. Only one pond remains, home to ducks and swans, and traces of the old marshy ground can still be seen behind the Lindekemale watermill.
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