East Flanders
Arrondissement of Ghent
Ghent

Castle of the Counts

The Gravensteen is a medieval castle in the city of , in . The current castle dates from 1180 and was the residence of the Counts of Flanders until 1353.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Decapitation Bridge and Design Museum Gent.

Bridge
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The Execution Bridge or is a bridge and former public execution location in , . It is located beside the city's Gravensteen Castle, crossing a branch of the Leie river, which forms a moat for the castle there.

Museum
Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum in Belgium with an international design collection. The museum complex is located in the tourist centre of and comprises an 18th-century mansion and a modern wing. is situated 180 metres south of Castle of the Counts.

Photo: Mith, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Patershol and Prinsenhof.

Neighborhood
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
The or Hof ten Walle was a historic building in , in . It served as the official residence of the Counts of Flanders from the 15th century after the Gravensteen fell into disuse, having previously been the home of the financier Simon de Mirabello.

Neighborhood
Photo: Anton Raath, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood.

Castle of the Counts

Latitude
51.05718° or 51° 3′ 26″ north
Longitude
3.72065° or 3° 43′ 14″ east
Inception
1180
Open location code
9F353P4C+V7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 493778720
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q1543972
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vlaams—“Castle of the Counts” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Gravensteen”
  • Arabic: “غرافنستين”
  • Armenian: “Գրավենստեն”
  • Armenian: “Խրավենստեն”
  • Basque: “Flandriako kondeen gaztelua”
  • Catalan: “Gravensteen”
  • Chinese: “伯爵城堡”
  • Czech: “Gravensteen”
  • Dutch: “Gravensteen”
  • Dutch: “Museum voor Gerechtsvoorwerpen”
  • Esperanto: “Gravensteen (Gent)”
  • Esperanto: “Gravensteen”
  • Estonian: “Gravensteen”
  • French: “château des comtes de Flandre”
  • French: “Château des comtes de Flandre”
  • French: “Château des comtes de Gand”
  • French: “Château des comtes”
  • French: “Gravensteen (Gand)”
  • Georgian: “gravensteen”
  • German: “Burg Gravensteen”
  • German: “Grafenstein”
  • German: “Gravensteen”
  • Indonesian: “Gravensteen”
  • Italian: “castello dei conti di Fiandra”
  • Italian: “Castello dei conti di Fiandra”
  • Japanese: “フランドル伯の城”
  • Japanese: “フランドル伯城”
  • Japanese: “フランドル伯居城”
  • Latvian: “Flandrijas grāfu pils”
  • Russian: “Гентский замок”
  • Russian: “Гравенстейн”
  • Russian: “Гравенстен”
  • Russian: “Замок Гравенстейн”
  • Russian: “замок графов фландрии”
  • Russian: “Замок графов Фландрии”
  • Serbian: “Гравенстен”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Gravensteen”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de los condes de gante”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de los Condes de Gante”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de los Condes”
  • Vlaams: “Gravensteen”

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Highlights include NTGent Arca and the Fish Market.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Castle of the Counts”. Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.