Castle of Lavaux Sainte Anne is next to the city with the same name in Belgium. The castle dates from the first half of the fifteenth century when it was built by the family Berlo. It was built on a swampy flat near the small river Wimba (a tributary of the river Lesse).
In 1450 the living has been established and a few years after the castle was reinforced by John II of Berlo. Local history has it that he went on crusade in 1453 to free Constantinople from the Turks, but it took so long getting there that it came too late.
In 1464 the castle was besieged by the people of Dinant. They could not take the castle.
In 1630 the castle was bought by Baron Jacques-Renard Rouveroy, a colonel in the service infantery Emperor Ferndinand III. due to the changing tactics of war, castle's defenses have been rendered useless. So he turned into country manor. He took down a curtain wall and turned the front of the courtyard in the Italian Baroque. He also covered the castle in red brick and added roofs bulbs.
During the French Revolution the castle was abandoned and fell to ruin.
In 1934 the castle was bought by Baroness Lemonnier track "Friends of the base of the castle of Lavaux Sainte Anne - who restored the castle to its glory current. Since 1958 the castle houses a museum dedicated to hunting. Well, hunting may be your cup of tea but this is certainly not to me. I found it quite stooping, all these stuffed animals.
But who am I?
To visit the castle you must pay a small fee after which you can wander all its rooms on your own. We do not allow you to take pictures inside the castle. It is an elegant castle with a very French feel to it. Worth a visit.
It also has its own website: Château de Lavaux-Sainte-Anne .
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