Château of Val-Duchesse
Château of Val-Duchesse | |
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General information | |
Type | Château |
Architectural style | Neoclassical |
Location | Auderghem, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
Coordinates | 50°49′12.87″N 4°26′1.44″E / 50.8202417°N 4.4337333°E |
The Château of Val-Duchesse (French: Château de Val-Duchesse; Dutch: Kasteel van Hertoginnedal) is a mansion and estate situated in the municipality of Auderghem in Brussels, Belgium. The château, which occupies the site of a former priory, is owned by the Belgian Royal Trust.
History
The
The priory further flourished and gained considerable wealth thanks to the generous gifts of numerous royal and noble families. In 1650 a wall was erected to protect the diverse edifices of the priory. The present-day château was built as a residence for the prioress in 1780.[1]
Val-Duchesse played an important role as a venue for negotiations in
From 23 to 25 April 1990, the château hosted the Western European Union International Conference, which agreed the sequence of accession of the Eastern European Countries of the former Warsaw Pact to European structures.[citation needed] More recently, it has twice hosted the Belgo-British Conference, in 2002 and 2006.
See also
- List of castles and châteaux in Belgium
- Royal Trust (Belgium)
- Neoclassical architecture in Belgium
- History of Brussels
- Culture of Belgium
- Belgium in the long nineteenth century
References
- ^ Mignot Adolphe, Le Prieure De Val-Duchess en 1782, Brussels, Editions Universitaires, 1969, 157 pp.
- ^ Pierre-Henri Laurent, Paul-Henri Spaak and the Diplomatic Origins of the Common Market, 1955-1956, Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 85, No. 3 (Sep., 1970), pp. 373–396
- ^ "Conférence intergouvernementale pour le Marché commun et l'Euratom". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
- ^ Procès-verbal de la première réunion de la Commission tenue le 16 janvier 1958 à Val Duchesse (Bruxelles), CEE/C/9 f/58 (rév.) mb, Annexe II. Bruxelles: Commission de la Communauté économique européenne, 5 February 1958
External links
- Media related to Val Duchesse at Wikimedia Commons