브레히트‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪20‬개의 동굴

Between the villas and the trees

Great start and end point for a drink or cake.

Right nearby is this entertaining hedge maze.

We were surprised to find this castle in the middle of the forest...

There was probably a hunting lodge here for the Duke of Brabant in 1233. The area was donated to the Saint Bernard Abbey in Hemiksem, which established an agricultural company there called Hoodonc (Hooidonk). The farm was first mentioned in 1287. It was split around 1566 into the Grote Hoeve van Hooidonk and the Kleine Hoeve van Hooidonk. In 1638 there were already four farms. There was also a house for the steward. (Wikipedia)

Sterckshof... 더 이상 박물관이 아닙니다! (하지만 DIVA는 확실히 그렇습니다)

이 영지와 건물들은 16세기에 별장으로 지어졌습니다. 1618년부터 1773년까지 예수회 신부들의 소유였습니다. 1776년에 이 영지는 부유한 안트베르펜 은행가 Jan Baptist Cogels의 소유가 되었고, 그는 오래된 성을 철거했습니다. 그 후 그는 새로운 Hof van Plaisantie를 지었습니다. 18세기 기준으로 현재 우리가 보는 이 건물은 현대적인 성이었습니다. 지금은 이곳에서 지나간 시대의 웅장함을 즐길 수 있습니다.

The Defense Line of Antwerp was decided upon by the choice of Antwerp as the National Reduit in 1859. The idea behind this was that Antwerp was most suitable as a last fortress until help from allies could arrive. The National Reduit would consist of: a siege wall, a fort belt and underwater settlements. The fort belt would consist of eight Brialmont forts (built in 1859) in an 18 km long belt from Wijnegem to Hoboken. After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, it was initially decided to build three bridgehead forts and then to build an outer line adapted to more modern weapons. The latter plan was ratified by law of March 30, 1906. This main resistance position included 16 forts and 10 redoubts on the right bank and 5 forts and 2 redoubts on the left bank.