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Vorselaar Castle
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The medieval castle in the Belgian town of Vorselaar. Usually called "Vorselaar castle" but also locally known as "de Borrekens".
Apparenly the castle was originally not more than a fortified tower, but it grew into a large water castle throughout the middle ages.
The castle is located some distance away from the village of Vorselaar and the location does not seem very strategic at first glance, but in the middle ages there was an important road between Turnhout and Antwerp (part of the trade route to Cologne in Germany)
The medieval fortress was changed into a luxurious palace in the middle of the 18th century. The defensive walls and the gate tower were demolished and a large, baroque bailey was constructed. But the general look of the medieval structure was maintained. Subsequent alterations during the 19th century damaged the look of the building somwhat (especially the mock-neo-tudor entrance), but even the horrors of neo-gothic could not destroy the powerfull and ancient appearance of this old castle. Mainly because the four corner towers were never demolished.
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i re-uploaded it after discovering some artifects that were a result of the fact that this photograph is a mosaic of three shots. |
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