Netherlands · 15th century
The Blue Tower (Dutch: Kasteel de Blauwe Toren) was a castle with an imposing stone keep in Gorinchem, the Netherlands. It was a princely residence of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. The complex, which stood there between 1461 and 1578, gained an almost mythical status thanks in part to descriptions by the Gorinchem chronicler Abraham Kemp and the discovery of its foundations in 1983.
It was located at the southwestern side of the city center, at the level of the current Tolsteeg, Duivelsgracht, and Buiten de Waterpoort by the Merwede river.
Text adapted from “Blue Tower (Gorinchem)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blauwe Toren ranks #7,967 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #147 of the 199 mapped in Netherlands. Founded 1461, it is older than 46% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 554 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. 15 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Breda, 30 km away. See how Netherlands compares in the castle statistics.
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