Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
Mainvault is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Irchonwelz, 37km from Hallerbos.
Mainvault is a town located in Wallonia, Belgium. With a population of 1,397, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Mainvault sits in Belgium, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Brussels time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Mainvault to your route.
La Berlière Castle is located in the village of Houtaing, in the city of Ath, Belgium, and stands as a protected heritage site by the region of Wallonia. The original construction of the castle is unknown however, it has been documented that the building has been rebuilt multiple times, with its first knownRead more
restructure occurring in 1677 and then again from 1793 to 1835. The current appearance of the castle features a mixture of traditional Belgian and Renaissance styles that are still present from its 1793 redevelopment. It is seen today as a reflection of the Wallonia region’s architectural history with its neoclassical design via the structure’s symmetrical and harmonious elements that spread from the main building into the gardens.
There is little information available about who inhabited La Berlière across the centuries. However, it has been recorded that the family of Count of Oultremont lived in the castle from 1845 - 1910 and provided the local villagers with employment within the castle walls and outside of it with the Count’s involvement in developing the infrastructure for the village of Houtaing. The castle was then purchased by the Motte family in 1910, who then occupied it until 1945.
In 1946, the castle was converted into a boarding school founded by the Congregation of the Josephite Fathers, serving as a free Catholic school for boys, known as Collège de la Berlière. The inside of the castle was renovated to serve as a school, featuring the creation of classrooms, social spaces, boarding rooms, and sports facilities. 50 years later, in 1996, the school merged with Institut de la Visitation in Lessines to become Collège Visitation-La Berlière. Collectively, both schools hold a student population of 300, with 200 students being located in Houtaing and 100 in Lessines. In Houtaing, students focus on general education, and in Lessines, they are given the opportunity to attend technical qualifications courses. In September 2017, the college started to enrol female students for the first time, following an increase in demand for female placements, providing them with a separate pavilion on the grounds of La Berlière to give them the boarding school experience.
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Mainvault is located in Wallonia, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.6491 latitude, 3.7175 longitude.
Mainvault has a population of approximately 1,397 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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Belgium's most-visited attraction: a 75-hectare animal park built around a former Cistercian abbey in Hainaut, with full-scale Chinese, Indonesian and Middle Kingdom gardens housing giant pandas, gorillas and elephants.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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A colossal 73 m boat elevator on the Canal du Centre, among the tallest in the world, hoisting entire barges in a concrete cathedral visible for miles across Hainaut.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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Four UNESCO-listed 19th-century hydraulic boat lifts near La Louvière, still standing on the old Canal du Centre.
36 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
The 'Blue Forest' near Halle carpets itself with millions of wild bluebells under beech trees each spring.
37 km · about 45 min drive
racetrack
A flat, fast circuit that hosted two Belgian Grands Prix in the 1970s before closing in 1981. Much of the abandoned track survives among industrial development, its wide sweeping curves clearly readable from ground level.
43 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Vibrant medieval Flemish city with stunning canal-side architecture, the Gravensteen castle, and the famous Ghent Altarpiece.
45 km · about 50 min drive
castle
A grim moated stone castle of the Counts of Flanders rising straight from the canals in the centre of Ghent.
45 km · about 50 min drive
cathedral
This Gothic cathedral guards the Van Eyck brothers' luminous Ghent Altarpiece, a landmark of European painting.
45 km · about 50 min drive
April to October
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