{"id":259,"date":"2019-01-16T14:48:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T14:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/camtracey.com\/?p=259"},"modified":"2019-01-16T15:07:25","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T15:07:25","slug":"worlds-lowest-base-jump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/camtracey.com\/?p=259","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s Lowest BASE Jump?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I got a call from Jools. &#8220;Mate, what ya doin&#8217; this weekend? Meet ya in Belgium. Got Somethin&#8217; real special lined up&#8221;. So I jumped in the car and 20 hours later&#8230;..there I was&#8230;&#8230;..&nbsp;<br>Ch\u00e2teau Miranda (English: Miranda Castle), also known as Ch\u00e2teau de Noisy (English: Noisy Castle) was a 19th-century neo-Gothic castle in Celles, province of Namur, Belgium, in the region of the Ardennes. As of October 2017, the chateau has been completely demolished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/ul><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/250797405\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/250797405\">Ch&acirc;teau Miranda<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user8011790\">camtracey<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ch\u00e2teau was built in 1866 by the English architect Edward Milner under commission from the Liedekerke-De Beaufort family, who had left their previous home, V\u00eaves Castle, during the French Revolution. However, Milner died before the Ch\u00e2teau was finished. Construction was completed in 1907 after the clock tower was erected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their descendants remained in occupation until World War II. A portion of the Battle of the Bulge took place on the property, and it was during that time that the Ch\u00e2teau was occupied by German forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1950, Ch\u00e2teau Miranda was renamed &#8220;Ch\u00e2teau de Noisy&#8221; when it was taken over by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS\/SNCB) as an orphanage and also a holiday camp for sickly children. It lasted as a children&#8217;s camp until the late 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ch\u00e2teau has stood empty and completely abandoned since 1991 because the costs to maintain it were too great, and a search for investors in the property failed. Although the municipality of Celles has offered to take it over, the family has refused, and the enormous building is now (as of 2015) in a derelict state, succumbing to decay and vandalism. Parts of the structure were heavily damaged in a fire and many areas of the ceiling are collapsing. Despite this, it has become a favorite venue of urban explorers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got a call from Jools. &#8220;Mate, what ya doin&#8217; this weekend? Meet ya in Belgium. Got Somethin&#8217; real special lined up&#8221;. 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