Spook Houses of Belgium!!!!

Hello Steemit friends !!! Today i'm posting one of the four spook houses of Belgium.

Number one!!!!! Chateau Miranda: a ghost castle in the Ardennes.

picture by Vic Perri

This castle, built in 1866 as a summer residence for the Liedekerke-Beaufort family, can be found in Celles in the Ardennes.
The Castle is characterized by a giant tower of 56 meters. Chateau Miranda was completed in 1907 and was inhabited until 1939 until the Germans grabbed the castle.
It has had different destinations over the years.
After the war, the resident Count returned and left the castle partly at the disposal of the NMBS (Belgian railways) who used it as an orphanage for young people.
Then also known as Home the Noisy.
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In 1958 the Count left the castle and 19 years later, the NMBS also retired. For 14 years, the Count tried to give the castle a second life by setting up a fund. With that fund, schools and associations could stay in the castle.Unfortunately, this was not enough and since 1991 the castle is uninhabited and is in decline.
image by Sten Ceulemans
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The family has always refused to leave the castle or to refurbish the domain.

The private grounds therefore gained strong appeal to ghost hunters, adventurers and urban explorers, amateur and professional photographers.

Although access to the castle is strictly prohibited (there are even cameras and there is a forest guard) there are pictures and videos on the net of adventurers and photographers who are secretly visiting this fairytale-like castle.

Knowing that a demolition permit was requested and that this castle might be broken down soon makes it an even more attractive subject.