The name Spaans Huis is much more recent than the name Gordaalmolen or Gordaelmolen, as this building was originally called (and is still called). Go(o)rdaal was a medieval hamlet that belonged to the lords of Rotselaar for a while (fifteenth century). It thus became a neighbour of Warande. De Warande is still a name given to the park of Tervuren.

The so-called Spaans huis was originally a watermill in Goordaal, a marshy hamlet because the name comes from goor dal where goor means marshy and we all know a valley.

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In the former hamlet of Goordaal, a water mill, the Moelene van Gordale, was built around 1293. This was one of the twelve ducal ban mills on the Voer between …

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The Spanish House is the popular name for the former Gordaalmolen, a former ducal banmolen on the pond of the same name (Gordaalvijver).

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1. Warande Route

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2. AfricaMuseum, Tervuren – Tervuren Park loop from Tervuren

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3. Arboretum TERVUREN – AfricaMuseum, Tervuren loop from Tervuren

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06:49

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Location: Tervuren, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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The Spanish House

1. Warande Route

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