Kasteel Van Saffelberg

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Le château en bref

Saffelberg Castle, also known as Oplombeek Castle, stands in the Pajottenland, at Gooik (Flemish Brabant), in the middle of a wooded estate of more than four hectares. The site has ancient origins: the Ferraris map shows two motte-and-bailey mounds there, and archaeological surveys record a Late Medieval castle site and a medieval motte, on the former defensive zone of Brabant facing the County of Flanders. A landscape park was laid out around 1810 near a 17th- to 18th-century farm; the present castle, in the French Neo-Renaissance style, dates from the early 20th century (1907-1911 according to a heritage record). Around 1910, the park was reworked with a pond, a French formal garden designed by the landscape architect Auguste-Louis Delvaux, and enriched with rare trees. The estate, which lies within a landscape area of Flemish interest, is now used as a company headquarters and is not freely open to visitors.