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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    January 16, 2024

    Anyone who looks at that castle today has the impression that it was designed and built in one go. In reality, this is the result of four centuries of building, renovation and adaptation. Over more than two hundred years, the relatively modest stone house from 1535 underwent a transformation into an elegant 18th-century palace.
    We owe the view to the French-Italian architect Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni. He also made his mark as a set builder in the theater and this can be seen in the adjustments he had carried out to the castle between 1761 and 1765. He had the entire building plastered and painted yellow. The white shutters provide balance and symmetry, even though some shutters have no windows at all. He increased the facade with a screen facade (including six pairs of false shutters) and the towers were given a classical balustrade.
    (From the brochure "Out and about with the Duke")

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      The estate in Hingene came into the possession of Conrad Schetz in 1608, who had it expanded into a summer residence. In 1761-1765, his great-grandson, now Duke Charles of Ursel of the House of Ursel, had the castle renovated by Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni into its current neoclassical form[1]. The castle was the country residence of the Duke of Ursel and his family for more than 350 years. From 1973 the castle remained uninhabited. It was purchased in 1994 by the province of Antwerp, which restored it. It has a large park and a hunting pavilion on the Scheldt. It is open to the public.

      Source: Wikipedia.

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        March 9, 2024

        Beautiful striking color certainly attracts your attention... Beautiful paths around and between the wide water moats, give the opportunity to view every corner of the castle...

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