Ribaucourt Castle, Perk, Belgium

Ribaucourt castle was built originally in the 12th century, but it was just a fortitied wooden tower. The lords of Perk expanded the castle and it was in possession of several South Brabant noble families. During the French occupation in 1809 the French officer Pieter Bounder of Melsbroek bought the castle. He sold the castle in 1833 to Count Prosper Christyn de Ribaucourt, senator of Dendermonde. The current Count Daniël de Ribaucourt is still Lord of Perk.

The castle is considered as one of the most beautiful of the Brussels area. It counts more than 200 rooms and was modernized by it owners throughout the centuries. The current castle largely dates back to the 17th, 18 and 19th century. The park is 90ha and consists of meadows, forest and ponds. It is a real nature and bird sanctuary.

The castle is private domain but you can view it from the public road and on rare locations there are walks organized in the park.

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Belgian Castles

Castles and fortifications in Belgium

Thank you for comments, the wrong image is now removed.

As the first comment stated, one of the pictures is the Horst castle (https://castles.nl/horst-castle) and not the Ribaucourt castle.

Dit is het kasteel van Horst(Holsbeek). Adres Horststraat 28, 3220 Holsbeek (Holsbeek) Tel. +32 3 226 31 85 kasteelvanhorst@herita.be https://www.kasteelvanhorst.be

Sigmaringen Castle

Sigmaringen Castle was first mentioned in the year 1077 in the chronicles of Petershausen monastery. The oldest parts of the castle are concealed beneath the alterations made during the 17th and the 19th centuries. The secret of the earliest settlement built on this defendable rock will never be fully revealed: large-scale excavation work would be necessary, which the extensive land development renders impossible. Judging from the many Roman remains unearthed in the area around Sigmaringen, the 12th century keep known as the 'Roman Tower' could be traced back to a Roman predecessor.

The castle remains that have been preserved (gate, great hall and keep) date back to the Staufer period around 1200. The castle remains were integrated into subsequent buildings. The foundations of the castle buildings are to a large extent identical to the surrounding castle wall.

These remains give us a good idea of how the castle might have looked during the 12th century.

Jozefien Colman (6 months ago)
Top location for a top festival! Thank you to the owner for allowing the domain to be used for such things!

Maurice Vanhoof (7 months ago)
Been inside for the first time in my life

YezzField (11 months ago)
Beautiful castle of Mathis!

Els Cools (2 years ago)
Privately. Unfortunately, very little can be seen from the street. Beautiful castle but only accessible on special occasions.

Marta Pogorzelska (6 years ago)
Beautiful scenery at each hour of day and night

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