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In front of the park is a French garden with ponds, flower beds and statues, which extends to a series of ponds that receive their water from the Voer.

Quiet and beautiful

a catering business

Very nice place to have a drink at the end of a walk or to have a bite to eat!

Lots of green, trees and water. Quiet for walking, cycling, picnicking.

As a walking park and gateway to the Sonian Forest, the Red Monastery forms a whole of architecture, forest and nature reserve with a very great wealth. The centuries-long presence of one of the largest Augustinian priories in Brabant naturally left its mark on the landscape. But also the nature of the soil and the abundance of humid zones still make it a place with a magical aura today. Location Rood Klooster Rokloosterstraat, 7 1160 Oudergem Website More information on: http://www.rouge-cloitre.be

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 Tervuren and Leuven. In the medieval legal system, wind and water belonged to the owner of the fief, in this case the Duke of Brabant. The surrounding farmers were therefore obliged to grind their grain here and leave some of it behind. The dilapidated wooden mill was rebuilt in 1534 in brick and natural stone with a tiled roof instead of straw. Clay for the bricks was collected in the surrounding area. The name Spaans huis refers to the elongated facade stones, Spanish stone. In the 17th century, Archdukes Albrecht and Isabella had a long wall built around the Warande. The walls of the Spaans huis were also rebuilt. The current appearance, albeit without a mill, dates from that time. The mill remained in operation until the second half of the 18th century. For the 1897 World Exhibition, Leopold II had the ponds enlarged and trees planted. The picturesque mill house inspired artists and writers, such as Eleanor Smith with her novel The Spanish House. Source: https://www.randkrant.be/nl/news/2029/bouwwerk-het-spaans-huis-in-tervuren

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. According to the information board on the building (see photos), it was built in the seventeenth century and served as a ducal ban mill. In short: people had to have their grain ground there? What is Spanish about it? The period in which the brick from which it was built was often used. Today the Goordaalmolen is located at the Goordaalvijver: https://www.komoot.com/nl-nl/highlight/1776479