Editing Tervuren (section)

==History==
For centuries people thought that Tervuren was the same place as "Fura", where [[Hubertus|Saint Hubert (Hubertus)]] died in 727 AD. There is, however, no historical proof of this, and recent scholarship locates "Fura" in [[Voeren]]/Fourons, between [[Maastricht]] and [[Liège]].<ref>R. de la Haye, “Lambertus, laatste bisschop van Maastricht; Hubertus, eerste bisschop van Luik: Hun eigentijdse levensbeschrijvingen”, ''Publications de la Société Historique et Archéologique dans le Limbourg'' (PSHAL) 143 (2007), 9-66.</ref>

A document dating from 1213 AD proves the presence of [[Henry I, Duke of Brabant]], possibly in a wooden fortification. This evolved into [[Tervuren castle]], the residence of the [[dukes of Brabant]] in the 14th and 15th centuries. The castle was demolished in 1782 under [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph II]], who also demolished the [[Château Charles]], the short-lived summer retreat of [[Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine|Charles of Lorraine]]. After 1815, the park of Tervuren was granted to [[William II of the Netherlands|William]], the prince of Orange and son of the King of the United Netherlands, who constructed the [[Pavilion of Tervuren]], which burned down in 1879.

[[Brussels tram route 44|Tram 44]], which travels between Brussels (Montgomery) and Tervuren (and the Royal Museum for Central Africa) exists because of Leopold II's desire to bring visitors from around the world to his 1897 exhibition of the [[Congo Free State]].