Château Miranda

Château Miranda
Celles, Namur, Belgium
General view of Château Miranda before demolition began in October 2016
Type Neo-Gothic, Château
Site information
Open to
the public		 No
Condition Demolished
Site history
Built 1866
Built by Edward Milner
Materials Stone

Château Miranda (English: Miranda Castle), also known as Château de Noisy (English: Noisy Castle) was a 19th-century neo-Gothic castle in Celles, province of Namur, Belgium, in the region of the Ardennes. As of October 2017, the chateau has been completely demolished.

History

The Château was built in 1866 by the English architect Edward Milner under commission from the Liedekerke-De Beaufort family, who had left their previous home, Vêves Castle, during the French Revolution. However, Milner died before the Château was finished. Construction was completed in 1907 after the clock tower was erected.

Their descendants remained in occupation until World War II. A portion of the Battle of the Bulge took place on the property, and it was during that time that the Château was occupied by German forces.

In 1950, Château Miranda was renamed "Château de Noisy" when it was taken over by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB) as an orphanage and also a holiday camp for sickly children. It lasted as a children's camp until the late 1970s.[1]

Today

The Château stood empty and abandoned since 1991 because the costs to maintain it were too great, and a search for investors in the property failed. Although the municipality of Celles had offered to take it over, the family refused, and the enormous building lingered in a derelict state, succumbing to decay and vandalism. Parts of the structure were heavily damaged in a fire and many areas of the ceiling were beginning to collapse. Despite this, it become a favorite venue of urban explorers. As of October 2017, the chateau has been completely demolished.

The Château is used as a filming location by the American television series Hannibal. The building is shown as Castle Lecter in Lithuania.[2]. The château was also used as a filming location for the Belgian movie "Het huis Anubis en de wraak van Arghus" (English: The house of Anubis and the revenge of Arghus)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sansivero, Bryan (2 January 2015). "Belgium's Abandoned Fairytale Castle". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Hannibal (TV Series): Secondo (2015)". IMDb. Retrieved 20 January 2017.

Coordinates: 50°13′16″N 4°59′24″E / 50.221°N 4.990°E / 50.221; 4.990


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