| Château d'Hougoumont | |
|---|---|
| Waterloo, Belgium | |
 View of the Hougoumont farm from the south, showing the restored Game Keeper's Cottage and the gate on that side | |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Intercommunal cooperative society "Bataille de Waterloo 1815" |
| Condition | under reconstruction |
| Site history | |
| Built | Between 1358 and 1474[citation needed] |
| Built by | Order of St. John of Jerusalem (the Knights of Malta)[citation needed] |
| Materials | sandstone and red brick |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Waterloo |
| Garrison information | |
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Château d'Hougoumont (possibly originally Goumont or Gomont) is a walled manorial compound, situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road in the Braine-l'Alleud municipality, near Waterloo, Belgium. The site served as one of the advanced defensible positions of the Anglo-allied army under the Duke of Wellington, that faced Napoleon's Army at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815.
Hougoumont, which had become dilapidated, was fully restored in time for the 200th anniversary of the battle and opened to the public on 18 June 2015.[1]