Arenbergkasteel | Arenberg Castle
Refined grandeur in the castles Arenbergkasteel Arenberg Castle
Kardinaal Mercierlaan 94, 3001 Heverlee Arenberg Castle was originally built by the Lords of Heverlee. It is an example of traditional brick and sandstone architecture. For two centuries, the castle remained in the hands of the van Croy family. They rebuilt it in both Renaissance and Neo-Gothic styles. In the 17th century it passed via Anna van Croy to the Duke of Arenberg, whose descendent Louis Englebert of Arenberg - nicknamed ‘the blind duke’ - was a great patron of the arts and sciences. His heirs retained his love of science, and in 1916 Duke Engelbert Maria of Arenberg donated the castle and its 29 ha park to K.U.Leuven. The castle is used by K.U.Leuven’s Faculty of Engineering Sciences, and is the pivotal point of a green campus for the Science & Technology Group.
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