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Geeraard de Duivelsteen

🇧🇪 Belgium · 13th century

Geeraard de Duivelsteen in Belgium
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The Geeraard de Duivelsteen ("Geeraard the Devil Castle") is a 13th-century gothic architecture building in Ghent, Belgium. It served as defense of the Portus Ganda, the city's port.

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Geeraard de Duivelsteen ranks #3,463 of 5,793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #52 of the 83 mapped in Belgium. Founded 1225, it is older than 78% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 519 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Belgium compares in the castle statistics.

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