Hougoumont
Sign in to saveThe '''Château d'Hougoumont (possibly originally Goumont or Gomont''') 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.
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- Instance of
- lieu-dit
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Braine-l'Alleud
- Material used
- sandstone
- Image
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- Commons category
- Hougoumont
- inception
- 1358-00-00
- native label
- Hougoumont
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Description
- Etymology
- History
- The Defence of Hougoumont
- June 1815
- The battle's significance
- Bodies in wells
- Decay and restoration
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
The '''Château d'Hougoumont (possibly originally Goumont or Gomont''') 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hougoumont” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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