Excellent Castles - Belgian Chateaux E-mail
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Written by Lee Barber   
Wednesday, 22 April 2009 11:00

The last spot on this tour of veritable D&D forts is the Province of Namur, in Belgium. This area, inhabited by fighting men since before the time of the Crusades, features a few castles still in excellent shape. Along the top of my image montage is the Castle of Lavaux-Sainte-Anne, with its odd bell-shaped tower roofs. The pictures to the bottom left are of Spontin Castle, with its fine moat and drawbridge. Lastly on the right I have a postcard shot of Castle Veves, where I bought a "discount" sword from the gift shop.

 

 

All these strongholds have been remodeled for 18+ century living. Two of them have had an entire section of courtyard wall removed, to allow more light into the interior. For gaming purposes, the demolished sections would have to be drawn back in, something I plan to do when I release my PDF overview. The file will also contain most of my scanned postcards and blueprints for castles razed during wars.