Covering seven hectares, Meudon Park appears as a true green lung in an industrialised environment. Purchased by the City of Brussels in 1950, it was redesigned in 1982 while preserving an alternation of wooded areas and lawns, as well as a rose garden and a marshy wet zone that recalls what the wild banks of the Senne may once have looked like. The estate was formerly much larger, sloping gently down towards the canal, and provided the setting for an 18th-century château built for Baron Ferdinand-Philippe Antoine de Boonem. The property could not withstand the growing pressure from large companies, which took over the land and demolished the building that had once welcomed Emperor Napoleon and Pope Leo XIII.
Today, the park is a place for relaxation, play and walks. It still preserves traces of its past, including a neo-Gothic gate from 1870 and Louis XV-style entrance pavilions. (Listed since 17/04/1997)