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List of castles and châteaux in Belgium

List of castles and châteaux in Belgium

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This is an incomplete list of castles and châteaux in Belgium.[lower-alpha 1] The Dutch word kasteel and the French word château refer both to fortified defensive buildings (castles proper) and to stately aristocratic homes (châteaux, manor houses or country houses). As a result, it is common to see the name of both types of building translated into English as 'castle', which can sometimes be misleading. Combined with the complication that some aristocratic homes were once intended for defence, here they have not been separated into two groups, and most buildings of both types are labelled as 'castles' in this list. Many members of the old Belgian noble families still live in castles (see Belgian nobility).

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Antwerp province

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East Flanders

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Flemish Brabant

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Limburg province

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West Flanders

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Hainaut province

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Liège province

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Luxembourg province

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Namur province

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Walloon Brabant

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Bibliography

  • Luc Fr. Genicot (dir.), Châteaux forts et châteaux-fermes, Vokaer, Brussels, 1975
  • Luc Fr. Genicot (dir.), Châteaux de plaisance, Vokaer, Brussels, 1977
  • Albert de Visscher (dir.), Les plus beaux châteaux de Belgique, Reader's Digest, Brussels, 1984
  • Philippe Farcy, 100 Châteaux de Belgique connus & méconnus, t. I, Aparté, Brussels, 2002
  • Philippe Farcy, 100 Châteaux de Belgique connus & méconnus, t. II, Aparté, Brussels, 2003
  • Philippe Farcy, 100 Châteaux de Belgique connus & méconnus, t. III, Aparté, Brussels, 2004
  • Philippe Farcy, 100 Châteaux de Belgique connus & méconnus, t. IV, Aparté, Brussels, 2005
  • François-Emmanuel de Wasseige, « L’évolution des châteaux belges au XXe siècle », in : Demeures Historiques et Jardins, n° 153–156, Brussels, 2007
  • François-Emmanuel de Wasseige, La route des châteaux, éd. Institut du Patrimoine wallon (coll. Itinéraires du patrimoine, 6), Namur, 2012

Notes

  1. There are about 3,000 castles in Belgium (Eupedia.com 2014).
  2. "The French word for castle is "château", be it for an old medieval fortress ("château fort") or a residential castle. The term "château-ferme" means that a medieval castle has been transformed into a farm..."(Eupedia.com 2014).
  1. Le Patrimoine monumental de la Belgique: Province de Liège: arrondissement de Verviers. 2 v (in French). P. Mardaga, Solédi. 1971. p. 1453. ISBN 978-2-8021-0058-4. Retrieved 2023-06-19.

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