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Crupet Castle

Belgium · 12th century

Founded
c. 1150
Heritage status
Exceptional heritage property of Wallonia · protected heritage property in Wallonia
Location
Crupet
Coordinates
50.34994°, 4.95995°
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Crupet Castle in Belgium
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Description

Crupet Castle or Carondelet Castle (French: Château de Crupet, also known as the Château des Carondelet), is a medieval moated donjon or fortified farmhouse (ferme-château) in the village of Crupet, Wallonia, since 1977 part of the municipality of Assesse, province of Namur, Belgium. It was built in the 11th or 12th century, and the lords of the castle later became vassals of Liège.

The castle was owned by the Crupet family until 1510, followed by the Carondelet family. The name and crest of the family is present in various places in the castle. In 1667, the castle was passed to the Mérode family (through marriage) where it remained until the French Revolution.

In 1925, the castle was restored by the architect Blomme and was owned by the Limbosch family until 2008.

Text adapted from “Crupet Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Crupet Castle ranks #5,945 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #86 of the 128 mapped in Belgium. Founded c. 1150, it is older than 80% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 763 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. 16 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Namur, 15 km away. See how Belgium compares in the castle statistics.

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