Het Steen (Elewijt)

Het Steen
Elewijt, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Front of Het Steen, pictured in 2023
Site information
TypeCastle
OwnerFlemish Region
Site history
BuiltOriginal castle: 1304
Garrison information
OccupantsPeter Paul Rubens

Het Steen (lit. 'The Stone' or 'The Rock'), also known as the Rubens Castle (Rubenskasteel), is a castle in Elewijt, Flemish Brabant in Belgium. It was owned by the artist Peter Paul Rubens between 1635 and his death in 1640 and the castle features in some of his landscape paintings.

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