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Laeken

Updated : 08-08-2009

NAME Castle of Laeken, formerly Castle of Schoonenberg
PLACE 1020 Laeken (Brussels)
INITIAL FAMILY Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria, governor of the Low Countries
CONSTRUCTION 1782-1784; 1902
STYLE Louis XVI
ARCHITECT Charles De Wailly under the supervision of Louis Montoyer
CURRENT RESIDENTS TT.RR.HH. the Duke and the Duchess of Brabant
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