4. Miranda Chateau
Where: Celles, Belgium
Year: 1866
Expense: $500,000
During the French Revolution, the Liederkerke-de Beauforts, a wealthy European family, were driven from Veves Castle, their home in France. The family commissioned Edward Milner to build Chateau Miranda after deciding they wanted to live in luxury once more. The stone neo-Gothic castle was finished in 1866.
Belgium’s Chateau Miranda in Celles ©Wikimedia.org / Pel Laurens
The castle was under German occupation until Belgium was pillaged during World War II. The grounds of a castle saw some fighting during the Battle of the Bulge. Chateau Miranda was under Nazi occupation during that time. Following their loss, the National Railway Company of Belgium purchased the land and used it as a sick children’s vacation camp until the 1970s.
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