Solre-sur-Sambe

Some 10km/6mi northwest of Beaumont, just off the road to Merbes-le-Château (which bypasses the village), the moated château at Solre-sur-Sambre is one of the less well-preserved of Hainaut's feudal castles. It is entered through the 13th-14th C. keep on either side of which high walls extend in a square with two round corner towers. The right-hand tower and knights' hall, the latter with a magnificent fireplace, are open to visitors.