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Het Steen, Antwerp, Belgium The castle from the Scheldt river Het Steen is a medieval fortress in the old city centre of Antwerp, Belgium, one of Europe's biggest ports.The surviving structure was built between 1200 and 1225 as a gateway to a larger castle of the Dukes of Brabant which was demolished in the 19th century.
Het Steen (literally: 'The Stone'). Antwerp was developed as a fortified city, but very little remains of the 10th century enceinte.Only some remains of the first city wall can be seen near the Vleeshuis museum at the corner of Bloedberg and Burchtgracht, and a replica of a burg (castle) named Steen has been partly rebuilt near the Scheldt-quais during the 19th century.
The statue De Lange Wapper in front of castle Het Steen in Antwerp. Lange Wapper is a Flemish folkloric character. He is a legendary giant and trickster whose folk tales were told especially in the city of Antwerp and its neighbouring towns, but similar tales are also prominent in other Flemish cities.
1520 – Het Steen fortress rebuilt. 1523 – Church of St. Andrew built. [12] 1528 – Merten de Keyser (printer) in business (approximate date). [14] 1531 – Opening of the Bourse of Antwerp, the first purpose-built exchange. [12] 1533 – Lancelot II of Ursel saves the Cathedral from total ruin. 1543 – Music publisher Susato in business. [15]
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In 1798 the church fell victim to the French urge to close monasteries and churches, and that same year the Antwerp diocese was abolished. The church was used as a warehouse. The choir, including a covered walkway to Het Steen, was retained for a while but in 1816 the church was sold, and demolished the year after.
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The Museum of Antiquities had been housed in the medieval castle of Het Steen since 1864. [6]) Renovation was completed and the Vleeshuis opened as a museum in 1913, containing some 80,000 objects. One of the oldest collections in Antwerp, the museum sought to display a broad variety of arts works ranging from antiquity to the present.