The oldest city in the Netherlands is Nijmegen, where the Romans built their fortress on the 35-metre-high Valkhofheuvel, a hill high above the Waal. In 777, Charlemagne had a palace built on this Rom...
One of the most important neo-Gothic buildings in North Rhine-Westphalia is Moyland Castle, whose name is derived from the Dutch word ‘mooi land’, which means ‘beautiful land’ in English. The pictures...
One of the largest castles in the Netherlands was Montfort Castle, which was built in 1260 on behalf of the Prince-Bishop of Liège, Hendrik III van Gelre, on a ridge in the Vlootbeek Valley not far fr...
A true witness to the Middle Ages is the high medieval ruins of the lowland castle of Hayn, also known as Dreieichenhain Castle, which lies at the end of the northern old town, nestled in a picturesqu...