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Palace of Margaret of Austria: Detail, view of street entrance facade

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
The palace is currently the Law Court of Mechelen.\u000a\u000aThis palace and courtyard are noted as one of the first Renaissance buildings in the Netherlands. In 1515 Rombout Keldermans II succeeded his brother as Master of the Works of the 'town and tower' of Mechelen, where he worked on St Rombout's tower. In the following years he worked at the palace of Margaret of Austria, for which he designed the majestic staircase (1517-1518). However, the Renaissance work at this palace is certainly not to be attributed to Rombout II. It later was the residence of the Archbishop, housed the Great Council and is currently the Law Court. In 1876-1885 it was restored in an 'improved' Neo-Renaissance style by Leonard Blomme.

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Court of the House of Savoy

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

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Mechelen|+51.028636+4.486339|Mechelen, Flanders, Belgium

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

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['Sixteenth century', 'Renaissance']

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