The
Ormeignies village can be proud of its very ancient history.ORMEIGNIES
The
Ormeignies village can be proud of its very ancient history.
Farmers in Neolithic time had already chosen this place as home as far back as 4000 BC.
The village church, dedicated to Saint Ursmer, built from stone and brick around 1780-81 is beautiful example of neo classic architecture.
The
farm of the Grande Rosière
The Rosiere seigniory belonged to Cambron-Casteau abbey which possessed more then one hundred hectares in the village. The farm of the Grande Rosière was run by monks until the 18th century. Sold as a national asset during in 1798 the French Revolution, it became the property of the prince of Ligne. Cambron-Casteau abbey also possessed the Little Rosière, built in 1755.
The castle of the Rouillé family
The
ruins of the former of the Rouillé family is found at the end of the Green Path.
The place is haunted by Angélique Pollart d'Hérimez (1756-1840), married to Louis-François
de
Rouillé, who left us letters evoking splendidly the life in her days in the
country of Ath. Destroyed in 1866, the house is renconstructed in the Louis
XIII style, according to the plans of Désiré Limbourg. It is put up for
sale in 1834 and shortly therafter dismantled. History is recalled in the park,
designed by the architect Fuchs, where the vestiges of the castle and an
old icehouse, Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs's neo-gothic chapel was renconstructed
on the initiative of the local villagers.
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