The village was first founded in the 1st century as a Roman vicus on a junction of roads. It kept existing until it was destroyed at the end of the third century. Hundreds of years later, a new village slowly began to arise, with the center half a mile to the south of the ruins of the old village.
Throughout most of the late Middle Ages, Elewijt and the nearby village of Perk formed a Herrschaft herrschaft. In the 11th century, a wooden fort was built in the southwestern part of the village. Later the Elewijt Castle was modernised and in the 1630s it was a residence of the famous painter Pieter Paul Rubens.
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Address: Zemst,Elewijt, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium
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