Netherlands · 12th century
Castle Egmond ranks #5,915 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #68 of the 198 mapped in Netherlands. Founded c. 1150, it is older than 80% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 763 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,161 times in the last 60 days, more than 55% of the atlas. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Amsterdam, 32 km away. See how Netherlands compares in the castle statistics.
Egmond Castle (Dutch: Kasteel Egmond), also called the Ruins of Egmond (Dutch: Ruïne van Egmond), is a ruined medieval castle built c. 1150, in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is located in Egmond aan den Hoef in the municipality of Bergen and lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of Alkmaar. The castle dates from the 11th century and is the ancestral seat of the Egmond family, whose members became sovereign Dukes of Guelders, Counts of Egmond and Princes of Gavere, Counts of Buren and Leerdam. It is a national monument of the Netherlands.
Text adapted from “Egmond Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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