Eastern Netherlands
Gelderland
Rheden Municipality

Biljoen Castle

Castle Biljoen lies between the and the near . This Noble House from the 16th century was rebuilt by Alexander van Spaen into the present day castle with four equal corner towers.
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  • Type: House
  • Description: château near Velp, the Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Castle Biljoen”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Velp railway station and Gelders Geologisch Museum.

Railway station
Photo: Apdency, CC0.
Velp is a railway station located in , . The station was opened in 1865 and is located on the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. is situated 1 km west of Biljoen Castle.

Museum
Photo: WeeJeeVee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 1½ km west of Biljoen Castle.

House
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
is a house, which is situated 610 metres west of Biljoen Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Velp and Lathum.

Town
Photo: Thor NL, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Dutch village located east of Arnhem within the municipality of , between , , and the town of . was a separate municipality from 1812 to 1818, when it was merged with Rheden.

Village
is a in the municipality of in the province of , the . The village was first mentioned between 1294 and 1295 as Latheym, and means "settlement of Laeta ".

Village
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is a municipality and a town in the eastern , in the province of . The town, next to and , is known for the Castle and its water fountain follies.

Biljoen Castle

Latitude
51.99668° or 51° 59′ 48″ north
Longitude
5.99277° or 5° 59′ 34″ east
Inception
1530
Operator
Geldersch Landschap & Kasteelen
Open location code
9F37XXWV+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 53303710
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­house
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q1585508
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Western Frisian—“Biljoen Castle” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Kasteel Biljoen”
  • Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 528737”
  • French: “château de Biljoen”
  • French: “Château de Biljoen”
  • German: “Schloss Biljoen”
  • Italian: “Castello di Biljoen”
  • Italian: “Kasteel Biljoen”
  • Western Frisian: “Kastiel Biljoen”

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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 “Biljoen Castle”. Photo: Pivos, CC BY-SA 4.0.