The castle from the 16th century was built as the Court of Plaisance.
There used to be a farm here, built on moist soils. This homestead was called 'Sconsele' which would mean "Scon" for clean and beautiful and "sele" for zele which would mean swampy, moist soils. From 1911 the castle with its park came into the property of the city of Antwerp.

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Jeff S

October 27, 2025

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Needs some restoration at the moment...

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

October 16, 2021

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The castle from the 16th century was built as the Court of Plaisance. There used to be a farm here, built on moist soils. This homestead was called 'Sconsele' which …

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