Kasteel De Bongard in Bocholtz : exterieur naar het zuiden

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The eponymous castle surrounded by a moat, was first mentioned in 1373 Bongard Family-known in these parts since 1300 In 1523 Bernard van Bongard rebuilt it not the old foundations, and in 1550 he added four round corner towers. The castle was square in plan, with four wings around a courtyard and a gate tower in the middle of one of the wings. In the XIX century. Castle has been reduced: there were only one of the round towers, gate tower and two kryla.Vse building is constructed of brick, and between them the entire height of the layers of limestone are what make it look maaslandskogo Renaissance. The entrance gate to the gate tower have late-Gothic stone frame. On the part of the yard remains of two galleries with columns, made in the early Renaissance style. Near the castle is the farm, built in 1701 from izvestnyaka.Vokrug lock broken park.Kasteel De Bongard - a private residence.