Provinciaal Groendomein Rivierenhof
Sprawling former country estate with two castles, a meandering river, ponds and an open-air theatre.
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This guide to the Rivierenhof in Antwerp's Deurne district follows the appetite of the country estates that once stood here, from a moated sixteenth-century farm to a merchant's grand house next door. You'll meet the banker Gerard Sterck, the merchant Magnus van Bullestrate, the Jesuits and the Cogels family of bankers. Best heard near the Sterckshof, with the Grote Schijn close by.
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