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Angleur is a neighbourhood in the south of Liège. It is a one-hour-and-15-minute drive west of Brussels. The area itself is not particularly interesting; it is a residential neighbourhood located between Sart-Tilman Hill and the railway lines in the Ourthe Valley. However, visitors may be surprised to discover two castles amongst the houses: Château Péralta and Château Nagelmackers. The latter was purchased in the 19th century by the renowned Belgian banking family Nagelmackers. They also donated a plot of land in 1864 to create the town’s new cemetery, the Diguette Cemetery. It is therefore no surprise to find the family grave there.

The engineer and industrialist Georges Nagelmackers is among the family members buried there. He founded the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits and the original Orient Express. However, achieving this success was far from plain sailing.…