Category: Belgian Castles

Abée Castle, locally known as Château d’Abée, is situated near the rural village of the same name, south east of the town of Huy, in the province of Liège in the Wallonia region in Belgium. I could not find any historical info about this castle. Other than that the keep dates back to the 13th […]

Aische-en-Refail Castle, locally known as Château d’Aische-en-Refail, lies in the village with the same name, in the province of Namur in the Wallonia region in Belgium. The castle was built in the 12th century in the village of Aische on the lands of the Refayt family, close to nearby Walhain Castle. In 1462 the Vaulx de […]

Alensberg Castle, locally known as Château d’Alensberg, lies in a private garden west of the village of Moresnet, in the Liège province in the Wallonia region in Belgium. Alensberg Castle was built in the mid 15th century by a Jean d’Alensberg in the valley of the Geul river. In the early 16th century the castle […]

Alvaux Tower, locally known as Tour d’Alvaux or Alvau, stands in the village of Nil-Saint-Vincent, in the Walloon Brabant province in the Wallonia region in Belgium. Alvaux Tower is a tower house built between 1183 and 1217 by Arnould II de Walhain. The land was yielded to him by Berthe; the abbess of Nijvel (or […]

Amblève Castle, locally known as Château d’Amblève, is situated in the woods north west of the town of Aywaille, in the province of Liège in the Wallonia region in Belgium. Amblève Castle was first mentioned in 1049. In 1252 it belonged to the Duchy of Limbourg and in 1285 to the Duchy of Brabant. After […]

Antoine Castle, locally known as Château Antoine, lies the town of Jemeppe-sur-Meuse, in the province of Liège in the Wallonia region in Belgium. Antoine Castle was built between 1295 and 1298 by Antoine de Jemeppe. Then it only consisted of the rectangular keep with its two semicircular protruding stairwells on its short sides. It was […]

Antoing Castle, locally known as Château d’Antoing or Château des Princes de Ligne, lies in the town of the same name, in the province of Hainaut in the Wallonia region in Belgium. The castle dates back to the 10th century when a wooden motte and bailey castle was built here, on the right bank of […]

Aspremont-Lynden Castle, locally known as Kasteel d’Aspremont-Lynden, lies in the center of the village of Oud-Rekem, in the province of Limburg in the Flemish region in Belgium. The first castle at this site dates back to the 10th century. This was a motte castle. Around 1350 the first castle was replaced by a new oval-shaped […]

Autelbas Castle, locally known as Château d’Autelbas, is situated in a quiet rural village of the same name, south east of the city of Arlon, in the province of Luxembourg in the Wallonia region in Belgium. The village of Autelbas dates back to the 10th century as the presence of a dispensary of Carolingian potters […]

Aynechon Tower stands near the village of Rutten, south of the town of Tongeren, in the province of Limburg in the Flemish region in Belgium. Aynechon Tower is a tower house situated in a depression in the terrain, which can be flooded by damming a nearby stream. Originally the present ground floor would be a […]