Cortewalle Castle

Cortewalle Castle (Dutch: Kasteel Cortewalle) is a moated castle in Beveren in East Flanders, Belgium.

The location was called Ten Wallen, which became in French Cour-ten Walle, hence the name Cortewalle.

The castle dates back to the 15th century, and is one of the oldest in the Waasland. It is built of white sandstone, in Flemish Renaissance style. Until the 17th century it was in the possession successively of the house of Triest. It was sold in 1671 to Joannes Francis Goubau and passed to their heirs the family de Brouchoven de Bergeyck. The house of Brouchovens sold it to the municipality of Beveren, who use it for the storage of the extensive and important De Bergeyck archives.

Text adapted from “Kasteel Cortewalle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cortewalle Castle ranks #4,099 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #54 of the 89 mapped in Belgium. Founded c. 1450, it is older than 48% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 434 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Antwerp, 9 km away. See how Belgium compares in the castle statistics.

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