Top 20 Castles around Wezembeek-Oppem

Two important lordships formed the basis of the current Hoeilaart: the lordship of Ter Heyde south of the IJse on the one hand, and the lordship of Holaer or Hoeilaart north of the IJse on the other. Here once stood the castle of the Ter Heyde lordship from the fifteenth century. That lordship ceased to exist after the abolition of the ancien régime. The current castle was built in 1858 on the orders of baron Jean de Man d’Attenrode (mayor of Hoeilaart from 1854-1878) and his wife Maria Carolina d’Ormesson. It is therefore not a remnant of the old lordship. BUT: the chapel and former closed farm next to it are. This building has now, as others have mentioned, been given a different function and dominates the view in the park. Inventory of Immovable Heritage: Kasteel van Hoeilaart, https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/39785

The veneration of Saint Hubert in Tervuren, the presumed place of death of the patron saint of hunters, dates back to at least the 16th century and is probably even older. Every year on the last Sunday in October, an open-air mass is celebrated there in honor of Saint Hubert, and horses and dogs are blessed to protect them from running amok.

The Castle of Laeken is one of the royal residences in Belgium. It is located in Laeken, part of the city of Brussels since 1921, in the north of the Brussels region. It is surrounded by a 120-hectare park, which also contains the Royal Greenhouses.

Green lung of the centre of Hoeilaart.

The Saint-Hubertus Chapel is a chapel in the Park of Tervuren in the Belgian Tervuren. The chapel is a baroque castle chapel of the former Castle of Tervuren. It was built in 1617 according to plans by Wenceslas Cobergher on behalf of the Archdukes Albert and Isabella. Cobergher replaced the wooden chapel in front of the drawbridge with the current stone structure. According to legend, Saint Hubertus died at this location. (Wikipedia)

Today, the castle and the castle farm house the municipal services and the OCMW - Social House.

Leefdaal Castle... Leefdaal Castle, also "de Liedekerke", is a Renaissance castle, with late medieval remains, in Leefdaal in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant... The origins can be found in the manor "Leven Dale", mentioned in the 12th century. This glory passes to important generations, first to the house of Merode and then to the count's family of De Brouchoven; In 1775 the De Liedekerke family acquired the castle. Honoré Count de Liedekerke (1781-1861) had the ponds constructed and François Count de Liedekerke (1919-2014) had the facades carefully restored.

The Halle Gate is a former city gate in Brussels that now serves as a museum. The gate is located in the Small Ring of Brussels, at the end of Hoogstraat and the beginning of Waterloosesteenweg. It was built in 1381 and is the only Brussels city gate that has been preserved. This is also the last part of the former second city wall of Brussels that has been preserved. A metro station in the immediate vicinity is named after the gate, see Hallepoort metro station. The Halle Gate is surrounded by a park that bears the name of this building. When the first Brussels city wall gradually became too small for the ever-expanding city, it was decided to start the construction of a new, larger city wall. This wall, the route of which corresponded to the current Brussels inner ring, had seven large city gates: the Schaarbeeksepoort, the Namur Gate, the Leuven Gate, the Anderlechtse Gate, the Lakense Gate, the Flanders Gate, and of course the Halle Gate. At this time, city gates were usually named after the access roads on which they were located. In the case of this gate, the road led to the Brabant city of Halle, from which it also owes its name. The main function of the gate, like the rest of the wall, was military.