Gaasbeek Castle
Bruxelas, Brussels, Belgium
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Gaasbeek Castle is located in the municipality of Lennik, near Brussels, in the province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
The first fortified castle was built in 1240, as an observatory for the defense of the city of Brussels and for the duchy of Brabant, which felt threatened by nearby principalities, such as the county of Hainaut and the county of Flanders. However, in 1388, the castle was destroyed by troops from the city of Brussels, in revenge for the murder of Everard 't Serclaes, commanded by the lord of Gaasbeek.
In the 16th century, the Horne family built a brick castle under the ruins of a medieval fortress. In 1565, Lamoral, Count de Egmont acquired the castle and its domain, including seventeen villages. The new lord of Gaasbeek was beheaded three years later, accused of high treason by Philip II of Spain.
In the following centuries, the castle was inhabited by different noble families. It obtained its romantic and current aspect during a renovation that took place between 1887 and 1898, carried out by the architect Charle Albert, at the behest of the Marquis d'Arconati Visconti, the then owner of Gaasbeek. His widow, Marie Peyrat, offered the castle, its collections and domain to the Belgian state after his death in 1922.
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