Mariemont, Belgium
Mariemont, also Morlanwelz-Mariemont, is a former royal estate and hunting park created in the 16th century by Mary of Hungary, from whom it took its name. The royal residences formerly on the site have long since been destroyed. It is now located in the municipality of Morlanwelz in the Province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Painting of the Castle of Mariemont by Jan Brueghel the Elder in 1612
The estate's last private owner, Raoul Warocqué (1870-1917), bequeathed it to the Belgian state. Today it is a public park and the Musée royal de Mariemont. It contains one of the original casts of Auguste Rodin's sculpture The Burghers of Calais.
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