Castle of Ronse
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The Castle of Ronse (Dutch: Kasteel van Ronse or French: Château de Renaix) is a former palace in Ronse, Belgium. It was built in 1630 by John VIII, Count of Nassau-Siegen to serve as the ‘ancestral castle’ of the Catholic branch of the House of Nassau. It was designed in Renaissance style and modelled after the Luxembourg Palace in Paris. It was demolished in 1823. Except for some foundations below a 19th-century villa, nothing remains of what was once considered one of the most beautiful castles of the Southern Netherlands.
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