🇧🇪 Belgium
66 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Geeraard de Duivelsteen, 1 km south-east of the city centre; the most famous is Royal Palace of Brussels — #226 of 8,133 worldwide — 50 km south-east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Bornem Castle, founded c. 1000.
The 100 km circle reaches into 3 countries — Belgium (48), Netherlands (12), France (6).
1 km north-west · Castle · #348 worldwide
The Gravensteen is a medieval castle in the city of Ghent, East Flanders in Belgium.
1 km north-west · Palace & château
The Prinsenhof or Hof ten Walle was a historic building in Ghent, East Flanders in Belgium.
11 km south-west · Castle
Ooidonk Castle is a castle in the city of Deinze, East Flanders, Belgium. The castle is the residence of the current Count t'Kint de Roodenbeke.
21 km south · Castle
Egmont Castle or the Castle of Egmont is a castle in Zottegem, Belgium. It has been declared a cultural heritage monument.
19 km south · Palace & château
Leeuwergem Castle is a stately home in the village of Elene in the municipality of Zottegem, East Flanders, Belgium.
19 km west · Castle
Poeke Castle is a castle near Poeke, a small town in the municipality of Aalter in the Belgian province of East Flanders.
1 km south-east · Castle
The Geeraard de Duivelsteen is a 13th-century gothic architecture building in Ghent, Belgium.
8 km east · Castle
Laarne Castle is a water castle near Laarne, East Flanders in Belgium near to the provincial capital of Ghent.
50 km south-east · Palace & château · #226 worldwide
The Royal Palace of Brussels is the official palace of the King and Queen of the Belgians in the centre of the nation's capital, Brussels.
48 km east · Palace & château · #255 worldwide
The Palace of Laeken or Castle of Laeken is the official residence of the King and Queen of the Belgians and the Belgian royal family.
54 km south-east · Palace & château · #293 worldwide
The Stoclet Palace, also known as the Stoclet House, is a historic mansion in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium.
43 km east · Fortress
Fort Breendonk is a former military installation at Breendonk, near Mechelen, Belgium, which served as a Nazi prison camp during the German…
51 km east · Fortress
Het Steen is a medieval fortress in the old city centre of Antwerp, Belgium, one of Europe's biggest ports.
56 km south · Palace & château
The Château de Belœil is a château situated in the municipality of Belœil in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium.
47 km west · Palace & château
Wijnendale Castle is a historic residence in Wijnendale, West Flanders in Belgium which was once a medieval castle.
60 km east · Fortress
The Zimmer tower is a tower in Lier, Belgium, also known as the Cornelius tower, that was originally a keep of Lier's 14th-century city…
51 km south-east · Castle
Beersel Castle is a medieval castle located in Beersel, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
50 km south-east · Palace & château
The Egmont Palace, also sometimes known as the Arenberg Palace, is a neoclassical palace in Brussels, Belgium.
44 km south-east · Castle
Gaasbeek Castle is a castle located in Lennik, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. Nowadays, it serves as a national museum. It is surrounded by a park.
44 km east · Castle
Bouchout Castle (Dutch: Kasteel van Bouchout, pronounced [kɑˈsteːl vɑm ˈbuxʌut]; French: Château de Bouchout, pronounced [ʃɑto d bukawt]) is a castle…
+ 22 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
66 km south-west · Fortress
The Citadel of Lille is a pentagonal citadel of the city wall of Lille, in France. It was built between 1667 and 1670.
70 km east · Palace & château
The Château of Arenberg or Arenberg Castle is a Flemish Renaissance style château in Heverlee, close to Leuven, Belgium. It is surrounded by a park.
63 km south-east · Castle
The Château d'Hougoumont is a walled manorial compound, situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road in the Braine-l'Alleud…
94 km north-east · Castle
Breda Castle is a castle in the city of Breda, in the Netherlands. In the 12th century, a fortress was located at Breda.
62 km south-west · Palace & château
The Château de Flers is a château located in Villeneuve d'Ascq, in the Nord department of France.
87 km south-east · Castle
The Castle of Corroy-le-Château is a medieval castle in the village of Corroy-le-Château, near Gembloux, in the province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium.
70 km south-east · Palace & château
The Château of Seneffe or Château de Seneffe is an 18th-century château located in the municipality of Seneffe in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia,…
66 km north-east · Fortress
Fort De Roovere is an earthen fort, constructed as part of the Dutch Water Line,, a series of water-based defences conceived by Maurice of Nassau in…
75 km west · Castle
Beauvoorde Castle is a castle in Wulveringem, which since 1977 has been part of the municipality of Veurne, West Flanders, Belgium.
89 km west · Fortress
The Fort des Dunes, also known as Fort Leffrinckoucke and sometime Fort de l'Est, is located in the commune of Leffrinckoucke, France, about 6…
76 km north · Palace & château
Moermond Castle is a castle in Renesse on Schouwen-Duiveland. The first castle was built northeast of the current castle.
61 km south-east · Ruin
Tervuren Castle was a moated castle constructed by the dukes of Brabant, which later became a royal residence and hunting lodge for the governors of…
+ 12 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q1296.
The Castlemap atlas maps 66 landmarks (31 castles · 13 fortresses · 16 palaces & châteaux · 6 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Ghent, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Geeraard de Duivelsteen, a castle 1 km south-east of the city centre.
Royal Palace of Brussels, ranked #226 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 50 km south-east from Ghent.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Bornem Castle, founded c. 1000 — 35 km east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Bruges (39 km) · Roeselare (44 km) · Brussels (50 km) · Middelburg (50 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
