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Bouvigne Castle
Bouvigne Castle is a castle outside the Ginneken district in the Dutch province of North Brabant, near the Mastbos south of Breda. Behind it lies the Markdal. It has been owned by the Brabantse Delta Water Board since 1972. After restoration between 1975 and 1977, it was reopened by Prince Claus on 13 September 1977. History It is unknown how old the castle is and what it originally looked like. From 1494 there was a walled stone house on the De Boeverie estate near the two farms, one small and one large, already located there. The small farm stood at the intersection of Duivelsbruglaan and Bouvignelaan but went up in flames during the Siege of Breda (1624), siege of Breda by Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Los Balbases, Spinola in 1624. The large farm had been owned by the Prince of Orange, Princes of Orange since 1614 and by the state since 1881. In 1941 the farm was destroyed by a V-1 flying bomb, V1 rocket but later rebuilt. As far as is known, the stone house was first me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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