Elewijt Castle, also known as "Castle of Het Steen" or "Rubenskasteel", is a castle in

Elewijt Elewijt is a village in the municipality of Zemst, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. History Roman period The village was first founded in the 1st century as a Roman vicus on a junction of roads. It kept existing until it was destroyed at the end of ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

, which was owned by

Peter Paul Rubens Sir Peter Paul Rubens (; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque traditio ...

from 1635 to his death in 1640, and features in some of his paintings. Elewijt Castle is situated at a
altitude of 11
meters. Nowadays, the castle is privately owned, not open for visits but rented for events.Koen Merens,
Exclusief feesten in Rubenskasteel
, ''

Het Nieuwsblad ''Het Nieuwsblad'' (; en, The Newspaper) is a Flemish newspaper that mainly focusses on "a broad view" regarding politics, culture, economics, lifestyle, society and sports. History and profile In 1929, ''Het Nieuwsblad'' was published by ...

'', 7 September 2011

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