James Ensor
Skeletons Warming Themselves
1888
Belgium
17th of November 2011
23rd of February 2010
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Château de Noisy, Celles, Houyet, Namur, Belgium (photograph via luxurbex)
View the previous featured photographs of this castle here.
Château de Noisy
During the French Revolution, the family of the Count of Liedekerke-Beaufort left the feudal castle Château de Vêves and lived at a nearby farm. After the Revolution, this opulent residence was built as a summer home for the family in 1866 by the English architect Milner, although he died before seeing its completion. The Château de Mirinda, as it was called then, was owned and used by the family except when it was briefly occupied by the Nazis in World War II. In 1958, it was used by the SNCB (a Belgian national rail company) as a home for the railwaymen’s children and became Château de Noisy. It was abandoned in 1991 and has been falling into ruins. The building has 550 windows and a clocktower that is 183 feet (56 meters) tall. [source]](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxwokhf6Zl1qzmws8o1_400.jpg)
Château de Noisy, Celles, Houyet, Namur, Belgium (photograph via luxurbex)
View the previous featured photographs of this castle here.
Château de Noisy
During the French Revolution, the family of the Count of Liedekerke-Beaufort left the feudal castle Château de Vêves and lived at a nearby farm. After the Revolution, this opulent residence was built as a summer home for the family in 1866 by the English architect Milner, although he died before seeing its completion. The Château de Mirinda, as it was called then, was owned and used by the family except when it was briefly occupied by the Nazis in World War II. In 1958, it was used by the SNCB (a Belgian national rail company) as a home for the railwaymen’s children and became Château de Noisy.
It was abandoned in 1991 and has been falling into ruins. The building has 550 windows and a clocktower that is 183 feet (56 meters) tall. [source]
14th of November 2009
Art Nouveau cabinet/vitrine by Gustave Serrurier-Bovy
Red narra wood, ash, copper & enamel
Belgium, 1899
Located in the European Sculpture and Decorative Arts wing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This cabinet says one word to me. And that word is: BLADOW
