Noordpeene Castle

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Le château en bref

In the heart of inland Flanders, Noordpeene Castle is surrounded by wide moats, about thirteen metres across, which enclose a park of seven hectares. It was built in 1485 by the de la Tour family on the foundations of an earlier structure. Its history took a turn in 1677: after the Battle of the Peene, fought nearby, Louis Alexandre de la Tour chose to sell the estate rather than become a subject of the King of France. In 1736, Joseph Duvet acquired it; in 1790 he became the first mayor of the commune. The main façade was rebuilt in the eighteenth century, with a sculpted triangular pediment and dormer windows, whereas the rear elevation retains a plinth of Cassel stone, a witness to the original building. In the nineteenth century, the painter Alexis Bafcop decorated the drawing room with murals. A fire during the Second World War destroyed much of the interior woodwork.