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Castle ‘Het Steen’ at Antwerp (Belgium) di Mark Billiau.

Castle ‘Het Steen’ at Antwerp (Belgium)


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25.05.2012 alle 8:00, Licenza: I diritti d'autore di tutte le foto sono proprietà degli autori.
Castle ‘Het Steen’ is the oldest building in the metropole of Antwerp.

In the 9th century there was already a stone fortification on this spot to protect the city against attacks from the Vikings.
That fortress made it possible to control the access to the Scheldt, the river on whose bank it stands.

Several expansion works took place in the 13th and 16th century and the fortress became an impressive castle.
One can see very well the color difference between the original dark chalk stone and the lighter coloured sand stone that was used later.

Perhaps you noticed that there are few windows in the edifice.
That is because the castle was used as city jail (with lots of torture chambers) for 500 years long (14th till 19th century).

What we see now is only a small part of the original castle, which at one point in history was almost six time the current size.
At the end of the 19th century, the city authorities decided to widen the river and a big part of the castle was pulled down to make room for the development of the port of Antwerp.

The castle survived barely.
The Antwerp city council agreed to the conservation of a small part of the castle with just only 1 majority vote.
Without that 1 vote on surplus, this great historical castle would have been completely demolished !
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viola d, 25.05.2012 alle 8:15

This is almost unbelievable what you wrote: to wipe out shch a marvellous testimony of the past - just like that??
I will never understand the line of reasoning of some people.
Well, we should be happy that at least a part of this grand architecture has survived to our days and that we can admire the construction skills of the builders in the centuries past.
Great picture. Bw, Viola


Sigrid E, 25.05.2012 alle 8:18

Eine richtig schöne Ritterburg wie aus dem Märchenbuch!!!
LG
Sigrid


Charly Roggow, 25.05.2012 alle 9:29

jetzt fehlen nur noch die Ritter...---)))
LG Charly


Norbert Kappenstein, 25.05.2012 alle 9:58

Man denkt jeden Moment kommt der Ritter durchs Tor geritten. Eine wunderbare Burg ist das. Sehr schöne Aufnahme.
LG Norbert


s. sabine krause, 25.05.2012 alle 10:03

i agree with viola! what a shame to tear such a great silent "witness of the past" down! but luckily enough, it's still there, looking fabulous and imposing – the epitome of a medieval "old knight's castle", as one automatically – romantically! ; ) – pictures it in his mind, when thinking about the term! greetings, sabine.


ARTURO MEDINA, 25.05.2012 alle 11:04

Fantástica imagen Felicidades
Un saludo


Sylvia Schulz, 25.05.2012 alle 11:20

wunderbar anzusehen, herrlich das alte Gemäuer vom Wasser umgeben



Fons van Swaal, 25.05.2012 alle 11:25

Very nice image Mark and interesting story....
Best regards and good week-end..
F...


Schnuckeline, 25.05.2012 alle 14:44

eine sehr gelungene Aufnahme ,toll ****
lg Kathrin





Alfred Schultz, 25.05.2012 alle 15:03

If the Antwerp city council had asked the foto community, it would have helped to saved much
more of the castle.
But still: your presentation is great.
Cheers - A.


Fábio Santos, 25.05.2012 alle 15:20

Very nice :)


Claudio Oldrini, 25.05.2012 alle 15:56

Wonderful presence,very good frame.
Ciao Claudio


Vera M. Shulga, 25.05.2012 alle 17:38

Very nice presentation of this very old castle!
Very interesting info to this beautiful photo.
Regards, Vera


Leonid Khodyrev, 25.05.2012 alle 17:49

in a democratic country 1 vote matters
in non-democratic systems thousands of votes go down the drain
great shot and story


Irbenika, 25.05.2012 alle 20:25

Impressive castle! Interesting story

Ira


Vitória Castelo Santos, 25.05.2012 alle 21:30

Tolles Motiv - perfekt fotografiert! Gefällt mir sehr gut!!
LG Vitoria




Gunther Hasler, 25.05.2012 alle 21:39

Zum Glück ist es erhalten geblieben! Eine Burg wie aus dem Bilderbuch, Mark und von Dir sehr wirkungsvoll präsentiert!
Gruß, Gunther


de ceulaer, 26.05.2012 alle 0:26

zeer mooi !
goie we !
alain


Adele Oliver, 26.05.2012 alle 4:06

a very handsome and very old castle ... and so interesting its history ... good to see that it was preserved, and I wonder how the whold building looked like so many years ago.
greetings, Adele


Markus 4, 26.05.2012 alle 9:05

a very strength fortification.
Very good
cheers
Markus


Wolfgang Bazer, 26.05.2012 alle 12:44

Marvellous! This is a fav.
Wolfgang


Luigi Scorsino, 26.05.2012 alle 17:12

Herrliche Arbeit Mark
Kompliment und guten Wochenende
luigi



Othmar W. Mayer, 26.05.2012 alle 17:31

As your accompanying refer to the preservation of historic buildings is still not a given.
Voting results as of the Antwerp city council can doubt the democracy. Unfortunately, I do not know any better shape.
Kind regards
Othmar


TeresaM, 26.05.2012 alle 20:10

Une grande et splendide addition à ta série "Castles of Belgium", Mark !
Une excellente photo.
Amitiés,


qRudi, 26.05.2012 alle 20:34

Mooi.


Angelika El., 26.05.2012 alle 22:32


Die Farbunterschiede zwischen den beiden Steinarten ist ganz wunderbar zu sehen - fast wie ein Strich, der mit dem Linial gezogen wurde! Es wäre schade, wenn dieser so wunderbar aussehende Rest der einst stattlichen Anlage nicht erhalten worden wäre!
Eine ganz feine Aufnahme!!!

LG!
Angelika




Sepideh Q., 27.05.2012 alle 14:47

Very beautiful and great historic place.
A wonderful presentation and info to it.
Thank you.
Best wishes from Persia,
Sepideh


adriano j faria, 27.05.2012 alle 18:11

Magnific detail of this beautiful castle!!!

Adri


Brigitte Hoffmann, 28.05.2012 alle 13:43

Gestochen scharf und perfekt ins Bild gesetzt!
Danke für den Kommentar dazu.
Salut Brigitte


aline64, 28.05.2012 alle 16:25

un très beau chateau; superbe prise dans ce ciel bleu
amicalement


Bernhard Kuhlmann, 28.05.2012 alle 19:00

Das sind Burgen, wie sie den Vorstellungen eines Mannes entsprechen !
Fantastisch die tolle Architektur.
Gruß bernd


willy ombret, 28.05.2012 alle 20:51

très belle prise de vue de ce château
très bonne photo
willy ombret


Silvia Simonato., 29.05.2012 alle 0:11

Que bonito lugar, un castillo de cuentos de hadas!!
Saludos Silvia



Ushie Farkas, 29.05.2012 alle 4:29

Erinnert mich irgendwie an den Grafen von Monte Christo......und andere Geschichten aus dem Mittelalter, die bicht minder grausig gewesen sind.
Das Bild ist excellent! Gruß Ushie


Allan Thompson, 30.05.2012 alle 7:11

Solid building and photo both are artworthy!


MoniC CHAILLIER, 1.06.2012 alle 0:08

un chateau qui a un passé, que je ne voudrais pas connaître ! ;-)) par contre, la photo que tu as réalisée est sans aucun doute un chef-d'oeuvre !
bravo Mark
MoniC


annegretfunk, 28.06.2012 alle 12:01

"Harry Potter"
ein sehr schönes Foto
von dieser alten Burg !!!
freundlichst
annegret


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