Royal Domain Argenteuil
Belgium /
Brabant Wallon /
Waterloo /
World
/ Belgium
/ Brabant Wallon
/ Waterloo
World / Belgium / Wallonie / Brabant Wallon / Nivelles
castle, park
The castle dates from the years Argenteuil 30 and was built for William Tuck, a senior U.S. official who in 1929 bought the domain. In 1949 the family sold Tuck Argenteuil to the Belgian Railways, and if the castle was owned by the federal government. Leopold III and his second wife Liliane Baels belandden not until 1960, under pressure from the Belgian government and Queen Fabiola. After the death of Princess Liliane Leopold lived there until her death in 2002.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°43'7"N 4°25'39"E
- Bois de Lauzelle 11 km
- Hallerbos - Bois de Hal 12 km
- Forest of Mormal 74 km
- Sur Coreu 79 km
- Bois de Petit Han 82 km
- Sur les His 87 km
- Forest of Argonne 157 km
- Bois de Forges 170 km
- Laigue Forest 176 km
- Compiègne Forest 187 km
- Waterloo (municipality) 2.7 km
- La Hulpe (municipality) 3.5 km
- Lasne (municipality) 4.5 km
- Sint-Genesius-Rode (municipality) 4.8 km
- Hoeilaart (municipality) 5 km
- Braine-l'Alleud (municipality) 6.6 km
- Rixensart (municipality) 6.7 km
- Overijse 9 km
- Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (municipality) 11 km
- Genappe (municipality) 13 km