The Château de Chimay and its thousand years of history

This superb castle, more than 1,000 years old, is near the Scourmont Abbey which makes the Trappist Chimay beer.

History
For more than a thousand years the ancestral home of the Princes of Chimay has dominated this ancient town in the rolling hills of the Botte du Hainaut. Set in the square at the centre of the principality, the castle was initially a simple medieval bastion which was then enlarged in the 15th century with 5 towers linked by fortified walls to improve its defensive capabilities...

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