Kasteel Rosmeulen, Protected castle in Nerem, Belgium.

Kasteel Rosmeulen is a polygonal country house in Nerem, built in the early 20th century in a mix of Art Nouveau and Neo-Rococo. Its cream facades have a row of columns, balconies, bay windows and a round corner tower with a copper dome. A monumental gate leads to a rococo bridge guarded by two sphinxes.

The castle was built before 1914 as a residence for chocolate factory director Florent Rosmeulen. He never actually lived there, as World War I interrupted those intentions.

The entrance hall features a rose marble staircase and an Art Nouveau stained glass window showing hunting scenes, reflecting early 20th-century Belgian design. These details set the tone when you first enter the building.

The property includes a 300-square-meter event hall available for gatherings, accessed through an iron gate. The grounds and park can be explored, though parts remain private.

Florent Rosmeulen, who ran a gingerbread and chocolate factory across the Neremstraat, was a financier of the Belgian government during World War I and smuggled messages to the Belgian consulate in The Hague. He declined a friend's proposal to be raised to baron, receiving instead the title of knight in the Order of Leopold II.