El Palimpsesto Tervueren
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Sterckx, Olivier
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Como réplica en modo menor – o contrapunto –
de los sitios reales girando alrededor de Madrid,
varios lugares de los Países Bajos Meridionales
tuvieron una función similar durante el periodo de
los Habsburgo españoles y austriacos: el palacio de
Coudenberg era la residencia palaciega ubicada en
Bruselas, mientras alrededor lugares como Binche,
Mariemont y Tervueren albergaban sitios de recreo
y de representación del poder.
De ello, poco subsiste hoy en día, los palacios
sufrieron incendios, guerras, desidia y revoluciones.
El caso de Tervueren, hoy en día un municipio
flamenco en la periferia de Bruselas es peculiar
en el sentido que el lugar ha guardado durante
varios siglos la memoria de un sitio real - o
dinástico. Sin embargo, hubo dos rupturas en el
proceso histórico del sitio. El rey Leopoldo II
cambia radicalmente la función del lugar, en vez
de residencia palaciega el municipio acoge hoy
en día el Africamuseum. Luego, la reorganización
administrativa contemporánea del Estado belga no
sólo separa el territorio de la capital, sino que borra
aún más el pasado plurisecular del lugar, las huellas
de su memoria y de su historia, convirtiéndolo en
un palimpsesto.
As a minor replica of - or counterpoint to - the royal sites surrounding Madrid, various locations in the Southern Netherlands served a similar function during the period of the Spanish and Austrian Habsburgs: the palace of Coudenberg was the residence located in Brussels, while places like Binche, Mariemont and Tervueren housed residences for leisure and as a representation of power. Of all those, little remains today: palaces suffered fires, wars, lack of upkeep and revolutions. The case of Tervueren, today a Flemish municipality at the outskirts of Brussels, is peculiar in the sense that the place has kept the memory of a royal -or dynastic- site for several centuries. However, there were two discontinuities, two ruptures. King Leopold II dramatically changes the function of the place, instead of a palatial residence the locality hosts today the Africamuseum. Furthermore, the contemporary administrative reorganization has not only separated the territory from the Belgian capital but based on nationalism, also erases the centuries-old memory of the place, its palimpsest.
As a minor replica of - or counterpoint to - the royal sites surrounding Madrid, various locations in the Southern Netherlands served a similar function during the period of the Spanish and Austrian Habsburgs: the palace of Coudenberg was the residence located in Brussels, while places like Binche, Mariemont and Tervueren housed residences for leisure and as a representation of power. Of all those, little remains today: palaces suffered fires, wars, lack of upkeep and revolutions. The case of Tervueren, today a Flemish municipality at the outskirts of Brussels, is peculiar in the sense that the place has kept the memory of a royal -or dynastic- site for several centuries. However, there were two discontinuities, two ruptures. King Leopold II dramatically changes the function of the place, instead of a palatial residence the locality hosts today the Africamuseum. Furthermore, the contemporary administrative reorganization has not only separated the territory from the Belgian capital but based on nationalism, also erases the centuries-old memory of the place, its palimpsest.
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Sterckx, O. (2022). El Palimpsesto Tervueren. REIA, (19), 89-114. http://reia.es/REIA19_05.pdf



