Villa Mattemburgh
Estate with legend
The villa on the Mattemburgh estate is a stately country house in neo-classical style, which means 'with sober, strict but calm forms'. A legend tells that an underground (escape) passage would run from the villa to the ice cellar. 'Because' one of the tiles in the cellar is clearly larger than the rest and is also higher up.
The namesake
Maria van Mattemburgh (yes, the estate is named after her) had asked her son Louis Cuypers to build a summer house to relax. Around 1850 he had the still famous villa built on the grounds that had already been purchased by his father Petrus Cuypers. The English Landscape Park followed soon after the construction of the country house. Both Louis and his son Aymon lived in Belgium and spent at most a few weeks a year on the estate. One of the oldest properties of Brabants Landschap
Aymon's daughter, Marie-Louise Cuypers, did stay there continuously. She and her husband Jacques Pelletier, Count de Chambure, remained childless. In 1970, the estate was sold to Brabants Landschap and after the Count's death in 1982, the gardens and villa followed as a gift.
Inside view
Visitors can take a look inside the villa during guided tours and on the annual Open Monument Day. Click here for more information about visiting Landgoed Mattemburgh.