Antoing Castle () is one of
Belgium
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's most original and well-known
castle
A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private ...
s, situated in
Antoing
Antoing (; ) is a city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Hainaut (province), province of Hainaut, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Antoing, Bruyelle, Calonne, Wallonia, Calonne, ...
in
Hainaut,
Wallonia
Wallonia ( ; ; or ), officially the Walloon Region ( ; ), is one of the three communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, regions of Belgium—along with Flemish Region, Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the c ...
.
It was first mentioned in the 12th century. Although the present structure of the castle dates from the 13th and 15th centuries, it was redesigned in
Neo-Gothic
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century ...
style in the 19th century by the French architect
Viollet-le-Duc.
The castle at Antoing first belonged to the powerful Melun family, then passed in 1634 to the
Princes de Ligne by inheritance, who still own it.
[The same family also owns the ]Château de Belœil
A château (, ; plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaki ...
in the same province.
Filming Location
Antoing Castle was used as the primary
filming location
A filming location is a place where some or all of a film or television series is produced, instead of or in addition to using sets constructed on a movie studio backlot or soundstage. In filmmaking, a location is any place where a film crew wi ...
for ''
The Devil's Nightmare'' a Belgian/Italian co-production
See also
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List of castles in Belgium
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Notes
External links
Castle of Antoing www.eupedia.comCastle of Antoing, Castles of Hainault
Buildings and structures completed in the 13th century
Buildings and structures completed in the 15th century
Buildings and structures completed in the 19th century
Castles in Belgium
Castles in Hainaut (province)
Antoing Castle
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