Duras Castle

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Duras Castle

The Duras Castle ( Dutch Kasteel van Duras ) is a castle in the Belgian municipality of Sint-Truiden , which is located in the Flemish province of Limburg in eastern Belgium.

The castle in its current form was built between 1787 and 1789 by the architect Ghislain-Joseph Henry for the Baron de Meldert, Jean-Joseph-Philippe van der Noot. It is built in neo-classical style from white-painted brick, inspired by the architecture of Andrea Palladio . The central part of the front of the property with a semicircular portico with Ionic columns supporting a dome is particularly striking. The back has the same shape, where it is integrated into the building.

history

Duras Castle is one of the very few castles in Belgium that has not been sold since the Middle Ages, but has only been passed on to the next generation through inheritance or marriage. Today's castle bears the name of the Lords of Duras, who owned a castle on this site as early as 1102, which replaced the original construction of a dungeon surrounded by water. Ghibert de Duras was Hereditary Marshal of Liège and County of Looz. The lords of Duras were followed by the Walcourt families in the 13th century, Damartin de Wafusée at the beginning of the 14th century, and Oyenbrugge from 1426 to 1705. Finally, Countess Louise van der Noot de Duras and Prince Louis de Ligne married the castle and in his second marriage in 1813 into the family of Count Charles d'Oultremont, whose descendants and heirs still own the castle today.

literature

  • Marie-Caroline d'Ursel: Fifty castles bring the history of Belgium to life. 1971-1972 . Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, [Brussels] approx. 1972, pp. 87–88.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marie-Caroline d'Ursel: Fifty castles bring the history of Belgium to life , p. 88.
  2. ↑ Marie-Caroline d'Ursel: Fifty castles bring the history of Belgium to life , p. 87.

Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 9 ″  N , 5 ° 9 ′ 11 ″  E