Rivieren Castle (Ganshoren)

Rivieren Castle (French: Château de Rivieren; Dutch: Kasteel ter Rivieren) is a 12th-century castle in Ganshoren, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium. The castle is surrounded by a pond (a vestige of the large medieval moat), in a park of 10 hectares (25 acres): Albert Park.

Originally a defence tower, the present-day castle was built in different phases from the 12th to the 19th centuries. Originally a possession of the Clutinck (Clutinc/Clutinckx) family, it later changed ownership several times until it finally was sold in 1973. Nowadays, it is the only surviving medieval-style castle in the Brussels-Capital Region and is used for conferences, receptions, expositions and similar kinds of events.

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Rivieren Castle (Ganshoren) ranks #5,721 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #77 of the 92 mapped in Belgium. Founded c. 1150, it is older than 81% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 564 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. 12 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Brussels, 4 km away. See how Belgium compares in the castle statistics.

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