Hougoumont

Château d'Hougoumont
Château d'Hougoumont
Waterloo, Belgium
	View of the Hougoumont farm from the south, showing the restored Game Keeper's Cottage and the gate on that side
Site information
Owner	Intercommunal cooperative society "Bataille de Waterloo 1815"
Condition	under reconstruction
Site history
Built	Between 1358 and 1474
Built by	Order of St. John of Jerusalem (the Knights of Malta)
Materials	sandstone and red brick
Battles/wars	Battle of Waterloo
Garrison information
Occupants	Father Pierre du Fief, Attorney General of the Council of Brabant; Family of Arrazola de Oñate; Philippe Gouret de Louville; François de Robiano; Family of Oultremont; Intercommunal cooperative society "Bataille de Waterloo 1815";

Château d'Hougoumont (originally Goumont) is a walled manorial compound, situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road in the Braine-l'Alleud municipality, near Waterloo, Belgium. The site served as one of the advanced defensible positions of the Anglo-allied army under the Duke of Wellington, that faced Napoleon's Army at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815.

Hougoumont, which had become dilapidated, was fully restored in time for the 200th anniversary of the battle and opened to the public on 18 June 2015.

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