Hougoumont
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For other usage, see Hougoumont (disambiguation).
Château d'Hougoumont (originally Goumont)[citation needed] 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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Château d'Hougoumont | |
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Waterloo, Belgium | |
Site information | |
Owner | Intercommunal cooperative society "Bataille de Waterloo 1815" |
Condition | under reconstruction |
Site history | |
Built | Between 1358 and 1474[citation needed] |
Built by | Order of St. John of Jerusalem (the Knights of Malta)[citation needed] |
Materials | sandstone and red brick |
Battles/wars | Battle of Waterloo |
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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.[1]