Welcome to Mariemont!
Mariemont, an exceptional place for a dialogue between art, culture and nature, with unique collections evoking the Orient and the Occident, the past and the present, fauna and flora.
Mariemont is, among other things: a 45 hectare park in the style of an English garden, one of the most beautiful arboretums in Belgium; the ruins of Charles of Lorraine’s palace; the museum, a major work by the architect Bastin; the “Bourgeois de Calais”, by Rodin; the most beautiful collection of Tournai porcelains in the world; hundreds of works from Egypt, Greece and Rome; the monumental statue of Cleopatra (five tonnes); frescoes from the villa of Boscoreale (Pompeii); the Ares from the Somzée collection and numerous others masterpieces of Classical Antiquity; the most complete collection of Chinese antiquities in Belgium; a tea house and numerous collections from Japan, Korea and Vietnam; archaeological and historical collections covering everything about the region; extremely rare manuscripts and handwritten documents, thousands of precious books; a research library with 100,000 volumes; and many other treasures.
WHAT'S NEW
The “Bourgeois de Calais” are back!
Having spent several months shielded from the glances, the recently renewed “Bourgeois de Calais” were replaced on there base.
The “Bourgeois de Calais”, witch were acquired in 1905 by Raoul Warocqué, suffered from the weather. Their base cracked and crumbled off. To protect this work that was melted by the alive of Rodin it was moved from its base on December the 14th, 2007. On November the 28th, 2008, they dominated again the ruins of the castle of Charles of Lorrain.
