Gravensteen Castle, Ghent

CyrilVladisla · #1 05-02-2016, 11:08 PM

Gravensteen Castle served as the seat of the Counts of Flanders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IllrIdhcsE

CyrilVladisla · #2 10-12-2016, 10:38 PM

The interior of Gravensteen Castle has to be seen!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPBHyNXUbnM

CyrilVladisla · #3 04-24-2021, 10:27 PM

Torture chamber at the Gravensteen Castle
http://www.alamy.com/torture-chamber...223804710.html

Curryong · #4 04-24-2021, 10:30 PM

Yes, a very grim place. Wouldn’t like to think of what went on inside those walls!

leidi · #5 05-03-2021, 03:42 AM

Is this still a part of the Royal Trust or does it belong to someone else?

**An Ard Ri** · #6 05-03-2021, 06:37 AM

As far as I'm aware its owned by the city of Ghent and serves as a museum.

Blog Real · #7 07-11-2021, 12:54 PM

The Gravensteen (Dutch; literally "Castle of the Counts") is a medieval castle at Ghent, East Flanders in Belgium. The current castle dates from 1180 and was the residence of the Counts of Flanders until 1353. It was subsequently re-purposed as a court, prison, mint, and even as a cotton factory. It was restored over 1893–1903 and is now a museum and a major landmark in the city.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravensteen

https://visit.gent.be/en/see-do/castle-counts

**An Ard Ri** · #8 07-11-2021, 01:27 PM

Thankfully it survived the upheavals of the 16th Century and the French Revolutionary forces in the 1790's .