Hof van Savoye

Belgium

The Hof van Savoye (Court of Savoy) or Palace of Margaret of Austria is an early 16th-century building in MechelenBelgium. It was one of the first Renaissance buildings in northern Europe. Archduchess Margaret of Austria, Governor of the Netherlands, was granted a house located in the Korte Maagdenstraat (Virgins Short Street), but she found it too small and started an ambitious expansion campaign in 1507. 

The Hof van Savoye became known as the Gerechtshof (Court of Justice), because it houses the lower courts (Criminal and Civil Court, Justice of the Peace, and Police Court).

Contact

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+32 15 29 76 54