Imagine the conversation that came before this response? Response: Today the house and gardens have been restored.
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[+] What is Zuylestein Castle?
[+] Zuylestein Castle Zuylestein Castle (Dutch "Huis Zuylenstein"; also spelt "Zuylestein" or "Zuilenstein") is a castle and municipality of Leersum in the Netherlands, some twenty miles east of the city of Utrecht.
[+] When was it built?
[+] The house itself dates to the fourteenth century, but only gained its municipal status in 1536. Originally the property of the burgomaster of Utrecht, the holding passed into the hands of Frederick Henry, then Prince of Orange, in 1630.
[+] Is there anything else interesting about this article?
[+] He ceded the castle and its lands to his illegitimate son, Frederick, together with the title "Lord of Zuylestein" (in Dutch: Heer van Zuylestein) in 1640.
[+] Was it ever attacked?
[+] The castle survived the ravages of the European wars that followed, but was severely damaged in the Second World War.
[+] Is it still a functioning castle today?
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