An enormous 8m long screw, weighing 2 tonnes, will drive the new wood-chip boiler at the Château de Freÿr. A project of the Laubespin-Lagarde Fund, managed by the King Baudouin Foundation, designed to reduce the environmental footprint of this listed site.
The 2017 Prize for Belgian Heritage Abroad has been awarded to projects of the embassies in Kiev, Rio de Janeiro, Lima, Rome and Madrid. With this prize, the Belgian Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the King Baudouin Foundation continue to highlight the wealth of Belgian heritage abroad.
The Count Thierry de Looz-Corswarem Fund has been able to acquire a rare set of four large silver toiletry boxes. They can now be seen at the Cinquantenaire Museum, Brussels.
The Fravanni Fund has issued, for the third consecutive time, the debut album of an exceptionally talented young musician. This time, it is Bach’s complete Sonatas and Partitas for Violin played with intensity and virtuosity by violinist Anna Göckel.
The Christian Bauwens Fund has been able to buy 7 pieces of designer jewellery from the mythical collection of Nelly Van den Abbeele. A testimony to post-war Belgian savoir-faire. The jewellery will be spotlighted at the opening of the new DIVA.
