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Home to the flemish noble family, De Thibault de Boesinghe, the eighteenth-century château of Boesinghe stood close to the village of the same name, north of the city of Ypres, in Belgium. a shelter to refugees from early in the first world war, Boesinghe was attacked during the first battle of Ypres, in October-November 1914, and almost destroyed in the second battle in April 1915. close to the allies’ front line, the area remained central to further action, and the damaged château became symbolic of the devastation of war through the dissemination of its photographed and painted image. it was rebuilt after the war and still remains in the De Thibault family.