Originally built between 1220 and 1230 by William of Brabant, the castle is one of the best-preserved medieval buildings in Belgium, with gigantic round towers and a moat.

A family dispute led to a court ordering the sale of the castle at public auction.

In 2008, it was to be sold to the artist Wim Delvoye, who announced that he planned to turn it into a museum of modern art.

[2][3] However, the Marquis de Trazegnies managed to defeat the sale and retain ownership of his ancestral home.

[4] In 2010, he ceded the property to the Association Royale des Demeures Historiques et Jardins de Belgique.