Morialmé Castle (french: Château de Morialmé) is a château in Morialmé, part of the municipality of Florennes,

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, Wallonia, Belgium.

History

The château and its farm were established by the Comte de Bryas in 1633. The estate comprised 536 hectares. The château building is formed by a central block, built by Charles de Bryas in the late 17th century, between two Neo-classical wings, in the shape of an H. The central residential block consists of a long space of 10 bays two storeys high built of brick, standing on a basement of stone. The "arms room" (''salle d'armes'') contains noteworthy

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decorations representing trophies of arms, as well as various floral and plant motifs. In the centre of the front wall is a monumental porch with a sandstone tympanum bearing the de Bryas arms. The château and its surroundings were scheduled as a historical monument on 21 December 1979.

History

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