Kasteel Arendsnest

Edegem, Belgium, Belgium

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Kasteel Arendsnest is a historic moated castle in Edegem, Antwerp province, Belgium, originally a medieval farm complex called Hof ter Haghe and later a fortified 16th-century stone house with a barn, brewery and pigeon tower, which was transformed into a pleasure residence in the 17th century and renamed Arendsnest in the 18th century, with the name referring to the eagle as Napoleon’s symbol.

The present castle has a 17th-century core, was supplied with a 17th-century gatehouse and a square tower tower flanked by service buildings, and is surrounded by a rectangular moat that separates the main building from its lower farmyard, while the coach house and stables are 19th-century additions.