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Fontaine-l'Eveque Castle

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fontaine-l'eveque castle

Attribution: By Jean-Pol GRANDMONT - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=425763

Location
Fontaine-l'Eveque, Hainaut, Belgium
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Built
13th century

The castle was first constructed here by Nicolas de Fontaine in the 13th century. In the 17th and 18th centuries the castle was completely restored and was given a more refined interior. In the 19th century the Bivort de la Saudee family renovated the castle once more.

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