Zevenbronnen Castle

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Le château en bref

Zevenbronnen Castle (Zevenbronnen 2-3, Sint-Genesius-Rode) is a manor house whose present appearance dates from 1917, but which retains an older core. It lies in a site rich in springs, on the edge of the Forest of Soignes, where a series of ponds was formed by damming water, which flows into the Meerbeek. The place name recalls an Augustinian priory: the hermitage of "Zevenborren" is said to have been given by Duchess Joanna of Brabant to Gillis Breedeyck, founder of the priory, of whom Sanderus provides an engraving in the Chorographia Sacra Brabantiae (1727). The priory buildings disappeared after the suppression of the order and the confiscation of its property during the French Revolution. The complex also includes an 18th-century fortified farm, a water mill from the second half of the 19th century and a café-restaurant recorded in the cadastre in 1894.