Castle van Mesen
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The Kasteel van Mesen was a castle in Belgium Lede , which was built in the early 17th century and demolished in 2010 to, 2015.
history
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Kasteel van Mesen was built around 1628 in a seven-hectare park area and was inhabited by the Lede-based family Bette for the following 178 years .
After 1796 the building complex was used by local industry. Over the years such a distillery , a sugar and a tobacco factory were located in the cellars of the buildings. In 1897 a religious organization bought the castle in order to use it first as a boarding school and from 1914 as a girls' school for up to 150 students between the ages of eight and eighteen. For this purpose, a neo-Gothic chapel, a pavilion and a school building were added to the existing complex in the same year.
The school was closed in 1970 due to financial difficulties. The Kasteel van Mesen became the property of the Belgian Ministry of Defense, which left the area to itself. Parts of the buildings collapsed in the following years.
In 2007 the public park on the castle grounds was cordoned off. Despite protests from the population, the demolition of the chapel and the adjacent wings began in June 2010. In December 2013 it was decided to demolish the remaining buildings. In 2015 the Kasteel van Mesen disappeared from the cityscape of Lede.
Web links
- Image gallery on boreally.org (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Abandoned Castle - “Kasteel van Mesen” Castle - Lede, Belgium. December 19, 2014, accessed August 12, 2016 .
- ^ Castle of Mesen, Lede. Retrieved August 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Kasteel van Mesen. Retrieved August 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Pierre-Henry Muller: CHÂTEAU DE MESEN LEDE. May 28, 2006, accessed August 12, 2016 .
- ↑ De schoonheid van verval: Kasteel van Mesen in België. November 5, 2014, accessed August 12, 2016 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 4 ″ N , 3 ° 59 ′ 9 ″ E