Alden Biesen Castle
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Alden Biesen is an old castle in Belgium in a small village called Rijkhoven. They use the castle for festivals like Scottish weekend or the International Story Festival and the European classes. There is also a church in that castle to go to each Sunday.
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The knights of the Teutonic Order built the Landcommandery Alden Biesen. It was the headquarters of a bailiwick or province of the Teutonic Order in the land of Maas and Rhine. In 1971 the building burns down and is acquired by the governement and restored.
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