Het Steen
Het Steen, also referred to popularly as the Rubens Castle, is a castle in Elewijt, Flemish Brabant, in Belgium. It is notable as the country house of the artist Peter Paul Rubens between 1635 and his death in 1640.- Castle
- Description: castle in Belgium, also known as Rubens castle or Het Steen
- Address: Steendreef 77, Zemst, 1982
- Also known as“Elewijt Castle”“Rubens castle”“Rubenskasteel - Kasteel van Elewijt”“toren van Elevijt”“toren van Elewijt”
Places of Interest Nearby
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Sint-Martinuskerk
Sint-Martinuskerk is a church.
1½ km north of Het Steen
Sint-Clemenskerk
Sint-Clemenskerk is a church.
1½ km west of Het Steen
Sint-Antoniuskerk
Sint-Antoniuskerk is a church.
1½ km southwest of Het Steen
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zemst and Perk.
Zemst
Zemst is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.
3 km north of Het Steen
Perk
Perk is a village and a district in the municipality of Steenokkerzeel, in East Flanders, Belgium.
3 km southeast of Het Steen
Zemst-Bos
Zemst-Bos is a village in Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
4 km northwest of Het Steen
Het Steen
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Latitude
50.95932° or 50° 57′ 34″ north
Longitude
4.47735° or 4° 28′ 39″ east
Open location code
9F26XF5G+PW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building = yes
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = castle
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Slovenian—“Het Steen” goes by many names.
قلعة إلفيتArabic
Rubensův zámekCzech
zámek ElewijtCzech
Het SteenDutch
Het Steen (Elewijt)Dutch
Kasteel ElevijtDutch
toren van ElevijtDutch
toren van ElewijtDutch
grad ElewijtSlovenian
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