Author : Jean-Claude DERZELLE

 

Edited in 2005, with more than 60 coloured illustrations; ancient plans, etc., and with a foreword of the marquis de Trazegnies.

The author explains the meaning of "Terre franche" (free ground), why it can be applied to the Castle of Trazegnies and retraces the evolution of the building and the restoration works of the East wing, of the small entry castle and of the park.

French Text -  64pages – Coloured Illustrations.

Price : 15,50-  €   (forwarding charges included).

 

Visit the streets, places and districts of Trazegnies through old postcards compared with recent photographs. “Before and after” which makes it possible to the readers to realize of the transformations operated in the course of the time of this village, of the Courcelles's Commune.


This walk of 108 pages will allow the reader-hikers of replonger in remote memories or of (Re) discovering a commune with the multiple faces…

Editd by "Imprimeries Provinciales"

French Text - Format: 26 x 21,5 - 108 p. B &W - 2007

Price: 22 € (forwarding charges included)

 

 

LIBRARY & BOOKS TO READ ON THE SPOT

This literature is made up of :

-    Various books of J. Degrouve, M. Gabriel, le Marquis de Trazegnies,…. 

-         memories realized by students, in particular: SIMONIS J., Le Château de Trazegnies- Etude Historique.

-         Literature about the Trazegnies 's Castle

-         Literature about the vineyard of Herlaimont

-         report of the 3 excavation campaigns

-         bottom of files of the Friends of the Castle of Trazegnies (Co-operative, statement. meetings, photographs, postcards, documentation on Mr. François DUBOIS…)

 

 

And also books like :

 

- STASSEN B., La mémoire des arbres, Racine, 378 p., Tome I et II. On y parle du Platane qui siège dans la cour du Château.

- Collection complète de la Revue " Hainaut Tourisme " édité par la Fédération du Tourisme de la Province de Hainaut.

- Collection complète du Périodique " Maison d'Hier et d'Aujourd'hui " publié par Les Demeures Historiques.

- DELTENRE L., Histoire de la paroisse de Trazegnies ", 1ère et 2ème partie, Cercle Archéologique et d'Histoire de Charleroi.

- DELTENRE L., Le Vieux Château de Trazegnies, Cercle Archéologique et d'Histoire de Charleroi.

- SCHOELLER G., Splendeur de la Cour de Bourgogne, Robert Laffont. On y raconte la Légende du Chevalier Bigame.

- DEGROUVE J., Histoire et Géographie locales de Trazegnies, Labor, La Louvière.

- GABRIEL M., Le Voeu du Chevalier Gillion, La Renaissance du Livre.

- L'ABBE PLUMET J., Les Seigneurs de Trazegnies au Moyen Age.

- D'HOORE Ch., La Résidence du Premier Ministre, Duculot, Louvain-la-Neuve.

- BOHET P. et WILLENS H., Armorial Belge n° 1, Mons-Bruxelles, 1961.

- D'YDEWALLE N., Monseigneur Soultz-Vie de la soeur d'Eleonore de Bode, Quorum, 316pp.

- TRAZEGNIES F.J (de), Six divertissements pour clavecin, partition musicale.

- NEUBECKER O., Le Trésor de Toutankamon, Bordas, 290 pp.

- HOUART P. et JEANNIN M.-B., Histoire de la Toison d'Or - La prodigieuse aventure d'un ordre éblouissant - de Philippe Le Bon à nos jours, Bruxelles-Nivelles, 2006, 333p.

- GILLET-MIGNOT P., WARZEE G., CHARIOT C. et collaborateurs, Etudes et Documents - Monuments et Sites 2 - L'ancienne abbaye de Floreffe, 1121-1996, Namur, 1996, 180p.

- Catalogue d'exposition : Floreffe/ 850 ans d'Histoire, avec la collaboration du Ministère de la Culture française

 

 

 

 

All these documents must be consulted on the spot.
For any information:
Tel. with the person in charge for the library - Mrs. MEURS Sophie - 071/45.10.46

CD - ROM 

"To discover Trazegnies    and its historic sites "

 

 

-    More than 700 illustrations   -

 

The castle : his story, cellars, rooms, frescoes an dmuseum".

 

Price :  15,- €     ( +  3,- € for )

Catalog     " Ancients tools of Wallonia"     

Auteurs :  Pierre Bricteux et Philippe Tomsin

 

With the collaboration of the Walloon Area, the University of Liege, George Verhelst and Liliane Dedobbeleer, this catalog of 108 pages takes again the origins of the castle of Trazegnies and each trade illustrated by many pictures.

 

Prix :    11,-  €  (forwarding charges included)

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NEW! - TRAZEGNIES. A WALK INTO THE PAST                                  Author : Roger BRUNET

 

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LIBRARY     -     PUBLICATIONS

 

- Books edited by "the Friends of the Castle of Trazegnies"A.s.b.l.-

 

1 - THE CASTLE OF TRAZEGNIES                                    Author : Michèle LEMAIGRE

 

Survey of the Castel history, its architecture and the history of the Trazegnies family.

 

French and Dutch Text  -  Format A4, 24 pages  –   illustrations B. & W.
Price :  9,-  €   (forwarding charges included).

 

2 - GENEALOGY AND HISTORY OF TRAZEGNIES FAMILY

                                                                                                              Author: Roger BRUNET

 

Considering its success, this book, which has a prefaced by the Marquis of Trazegnies, was edited in 1996, and reedited in 2002. The Author has altered the original text and added a family tree.  The polychromic blazon of "Trazegnies family " decorates the cover.

 

French Text  – Format A4  –  30 pages   -    illustrations B. & W.

Price :   10,- €   (forwarding charges included).

 

3 - THE MISERY OF THE RICH PEOPLE                                                         Author : Roger BRUNET

 

Edited in 1997. Prefaced by The Marquis of Trazegnies, the author discloses the darkest period of the hitory of the Trazegnies family.

Discover the vicissitudes of the marquis Pierre-Jean-Gérard,  (1680 - 1730), who vas ugly and hunch-backed and plunged the estate into a financial abyss. This booklet pleases people who are interested in the past.

 

French Text  –  Format A4 – 56 pages   –  illustrations B. & W.

Price :   10,-  €   (forwarding charges included).

 

4 - FRESCOES OF THE KNIGHTS ROOM OF THE TRAZEGNIES CASTLE                                                          

                       Author : Roger BRUNET

 

Edited in 2000, with more than 200  coloured illustrations, is the most detailed work on the frescoes that were discovered in 1917, under a thick layer of Chalk.

The history of those frescoes with a foreword of the Marquis of Trazegnies, is completed by an index with the names mentioned in the frescoes. It is a reference work.

French Text  –  Format A4 , 80 pages  –   Coloured Illustrations.

Prix :   15,-  €   (forwarding charges included).

 

5 - TRAZEGNIES: LITTLE HISTORY OF A CASTLE " TERRE FRANCHE" (frank ground)

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6 - GILLION-OTHON 1er -SECOND MARQUIS OF TRAZEGNIES 1598-1669

                                                                                                              Author : Roger BRUNET

 

For the first time (beginning 2003), a 52 pages book with more than 40 illustrations, prefaced by the marquis of Trazegnies has been edited. The author explains the passionate and tumultuous life of this marquis during the XVIIème century.

French Text -  Format A4 – Illustrations B. &  W.

Price :   12,-  €  (forwarding charges included) 

 

 

 

7 - FROM THE VINEYARD TO THE BOTTLE                                 Author : Robert DELCROIX

 

How and why a vineyard on the Herlaimont coal field .

French Text  -  Format  A4,  21 pages  - coloured illustrations.

Price :   10,50 €   (forwarding charges included)

 

 

8- Quarterly Publication   :  " E C H O S "

 

Tells the story of the Castle of Trazegnies from Yesterday until today.  Tells anecdotes about the past and the actual activities taking place in the castle,...

Price of the yearly subscription  :  12,- € (from Belgium) and 16,-€ (from an other country)