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Corroy-le-Château Castle (French: Château de Corroy-le-Château) is a medieval castle in the village of Corroy-le-Château and the municipality of Gembloux in the province of Namur Belgium.Originally built between 1220 and 1230 by William of Brabant the castle is one of the best-preserved medieval buildings in Belgium with gigantic round towers and a moat.After some eight hundred years in the possession of the descendants of William of Brabant the last of whom to live there was the Marquis de Trazegnies a family dispute led to a court ordering the sale of the castle at public auction.

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