Witch Lilo Amphitheater in Chartreuzenbos

Until the French Revolution, the area surrounding the Chartreuz Forest was the property of the Carthusian Order. In the period of the Brabant revolution (1789) and the French invasion (1792), the goods of the churches and monasteries were secularized and dissolved. Quite a few of those
properties came into the hands of OCMWs. For example, a number of plots in the Chartreuzenbos also became the property of the OCMW of Leuven. However, most of the Linden and Chartreuzenbos came into the hands of private owners.

This and much more in this brochure from the Flemish Brabant Agency for Nature and Forests: natuurruimtes.be/sites/default/files/folder_linden-_en_chartreuzenbos.pdf

I don't know why this spot was called the Witch Lilo Amphitheater, perhaps by combining two highlights? What I do know is that Witch Lilo was the artistic alter ego (though not the one) of Hilde Leenaerts, a very sweet childhood friend, and more than that, who passed away far too soon.She cared for troubled young people and was known in Holsbeek and the surrounding area as a superb storyteller who often told stories at Horst Castle. And on the little house near the amphitheater is a text dedicated to that beautiful Hilde, a.k.a. Witch Lilo, which you can learn more about here: wordpress.donfabulist.be/nl/lilos-vertelboom/uitvaart-van-goede-heks-liloEnjoy this piece of forest; it is enchanted by the optimism, strength, and wondrous world of an angel in a witch's costume.

Be careful during wet periods, the sunken roads can be very slippery... Adventure and spectacle...