At a location that once was the seat of a royal Merovingian domain in the 7th century and a site where 18 longhouses were discovered by the universities of Harvard, Frankfurt, Brussels who name it unique in Europe.

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A location where a important and wealthy Flemish noble family had its base to travel to and from England, and where a knight was ambassador or foreign envoy of the English king in the early 13th century.

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It is also the place where, in the shadow of this place, named Oosthof, the first famous Flemish writer-poet Jacob van Merlant, known as van Maerlant, started to write his first stories.

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A location where St. Eloi constructed a wooden church around 650, followed by a moted pre-romanesque church in stone as protection against Viking raids, and later a romanesque church, that is still there for a large part.

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A location that breaths medieval history in and out.

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That is Snellegem in West-Flanders.

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That is the Oosthof.

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In the shadow of the romanesque church and tower stands the 15th and 16th century farm of the Oosthof chateau, with it’s enclosure and monumental entrance gate.  Next to where the late 12th century castle stood and before that the Merovingian seat of the royal domain.

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Within the 4 ha of the enclosueres we will take you back tot the Middle Ages and almost 1000 years of history !