Chateau des Amerois, Castle in Bouillon, Belgium
Chateau des Amerois is a castle in Bouillon in Belgium that rises from the Ardennes forest with pointed towers and ornate windows. The estate includes a chapel with colorful wall paintings and a sprawling park where redwoods and other rare trees grow.
A fire destroyed the original building before Prince Philippe of Belgium commissioned architect Gustave Saintenoy to rebuild it between 1874 and 1877. The property later passed to the Solvay industrial family, who retain ownership today.
The château takes its name from the Amerois estate, bought in 1849 by the Count of Mesniel, who built the first manor house here. Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, hunted on the grounds for several months a year, and his wife, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, made sketches and watercolours of the surroundings. The estate has belonged to descendants of Alice Solvay since 1927.
The estate is private and cannot be toured, but forest paths offer views of the exterior. The park contains notable tree species that can be partially seen from public walkways.
The park holds Belgium's tallest tree, a spruce measured at 53 meters (174 feet) in 1989. Next to it stands a giant sequoia whose girth ranks among the largest in the country.
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