Le château des comtes de Marchin

The castle of the earls of Marchin

Built on a rocky promontory from 1655 onwards, in brick and limestone, the Château de Modave consists of a main building with two wings projecting on either side.

The stuccoes in the Salle des Gardes and the entrance hall give the genealogy of the builders of the château, while those in the Hercules Room and the Gobelins Room - named after its three Brussels tapestries - take the labours of Hercules as their theme.

In 1706, the château was bought by Baron Arnold de Ville, who perfected the “Marly Machine” which pumped water uphill from the river Seine to Versailles and was based on the machine invented by Renkin Sualem to supply the fountains at Modave.

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