Château de Laclaireau

Virton, Belgium, Belgium

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The Château de Laclaireau is a 19th‑century neo‑Renaissance château in the village of Ethe, part of Virton in the province of Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium.

Built between 1852 and 1855 on the former metal‑working estate of Laclaireau, which had been a forge and lordship since around 1400, the new residence was commissioned by the liberal politician and ironmaster Camille de Briey (who later became Belgian Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs), replacing an earlier château that had been destroyed by fire in 1794 during the French Revolutionary period.

The rectangular building is executed in French stone with a composition that mixes Lombard Quattrocento influences and French Renaissance elements, featuring three main bodies with hipped roofs, a decorated central oriel (projecting bay window) and, from 1877, two brick lateral wings added to the original design.