Alvaux Tower

Alvaux Tower, locally known as Tour d'Alvaux or Alvau, stands in the village of Nil-Saint-Vincent, in the Walloon Brabant province in the Wallonia region in Belgium.

Alvaux Tower is a tower house built between 1183 and 1217 by Arnould II de Walhain. The land was yielded to him by Berthe; the abbess of Nijvel (or Nivelles in French) in 1199. The seigniory of Alvaux depended on Walhain Castle and was connected to the nearby Griffon du Bois Tower.

When it was built, it was surrounded by ditches and equipped with a drawbridge. On top, there would have been a pyramidal roof. With this roof, the tower would have been some 20 meters high.

For the last few decades, the tower was at the center of a campsite, with caravans standing right beside it. This campsite closed in 2024 and is now awaiting redevelopment.

Access to the tower has always been prohibited. A lovely tower. Bierbais Tower is close by.

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