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★フランドル伯城(ヘント) Gravensteen(Ghent/BER)

城郭(城塞) 平城 十字軍の影響 1180
 バイキングの侵入に対抗するために、848年頃にボードワン伯爵が建てた城砦が起源で、1180年フランドル伯フィリップ・ダルザスが再建したもの。シリアにある十字軍の要塞をモデルにしたと言われている。フィリップの父ティエリー・ダルザスは、ブルージュの聖血礼拝堂に納められている「聖血」を十字軍の遠征で持ち帰ったことで有名な人物。
 The present castle was built in 1180 by count Philip of Alsace and was modelled after the crusaders castles the count encountered while he participated in the second crusade. Before its construction, there stood a wooden castle on the same location, presumably built in the ninth century. The castle served as the seat of the Counts of Flanders until they abandoned it in the 14th century. The castle was then used as a courthouse, a prison and eventually decayed. Houses were built against the walls and even on the courtyard and the stones of the walls were used to erect other buildings. At one time it even served as a factory. At the end of the 19th century, the castle was scheduled to be demolished.
 
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