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The Thatched Cottage - Meise Botanic Garden

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The Thatched Cottage - Meise Botanic Garden

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  • Location: Meise, Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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    August 8, 2023

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    This picturesque neo-Gothic building dates from the early 19th century. In 1990 it was badly damaged in a storm. It also lost the thatched roofing that gave it its name.
    The Wicker House is an example of a folly - a small decorative structure typical of English landscape gardens. Shortly after 1800, the current domain of the Botanic Garden was redesigned in that style.
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    July 26, 2025

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    The thatched cottage was built in the early 19th century, along with the English Bridge and the Belvedere Pavilion. It was commissioned by Count Roose de Baisy, the then-owner, who …
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    Location: Meise, Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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