Gravensteen Castle Page Content Page Name (for URL) Page Title Breadcrumb Text <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-05-25-e-gravensteen/20050525_143_7019 2005-05-25-e-gravensteen/20050525_150_1414 2005-05-25-f-gent-above/20050525_179_9753 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-05-25-f-gent-above/20050525_161_0593 2005-05-25-e-gravensteen/20050525_158_1000 2005-05-25-e-gravensteen/20050525_151_8637 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Ghent's Castle Gravensteen was the most impressive castle we encountered during the two weeks in Europe. From the top of the castle one gets a nice view of Ghent. We were told that the castle used to belong to the Count of East Flanders, who didn't live there himself, however. What was most interesting, the castle was "lost" after middle ages: after losing it's military significance it was sold to be used as a factory; workers houses were gradually attached to the outside walls, so that the castle eventually completely disappeared inside the block. Pictures from early 19th century show that the castle was completely invisible. The castle was later recovered with municipal funds and turned into a museum. Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Page Content Template Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter Don't put anything here HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI A summary of your changes Edit Summary Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Don't put anything here save preview cancel
