Weertの洞窟・トップ14

From the road you can see the entrance gate

Former St. Elizabeth's Monastery. Description: two perpendicular wings (eighteenth century), but significantly modernized. Wide facade with anchor date 1778 and a round-arched gate in a blocky rectangular bluestone frame; windows in segmental arched bluestone frames. In the garden, a fragment with an octagonal turret, capped by a trimmed spire, with old fragments (fifteenth century). Near the complex is a so-called "plague house" made of brick. In 1240, Dirk van Altena founded a Caulier monastery here. In 1435, the monastery passed to the Congregation of Windesheim. After its destruction in 1578, reconstruction began in 1603. The two existing perpendicular wings were built against the wing from 1656, destroyed in 1944. Of the monastery chapel, demolished in 1801, only the octagonal stair tower remains. At its foot, a small chapel was built using classicist pilasters, prongs, and a shell-shaped pediment (mid-17th century). The monastery was used for a time as a holiday and nursing home for the Little Sisters of St. Joseph, but is now part of the Land van Horne Foundation. (Source: Monuments in the Netherlands: Limburg, Waanders Publishers, Zwolle, and the National Heritage Agency, Zeist.) Source and more information: https://www.kerkgebouwen-in-limburg.nl/index.jsp?id=32017

Kasteel Beverbeek is a castle located northwest of Hamont in the Belgian province of Limburg. The castle is located at Beverbeek 19. The area was part of the goods of the lordship of Grevenbroek, and was sold on April 16, 1722. The part that was in Achel, is the current Beverbeekhoeve. The part in Hamont, with the so-called Nieuwe Hoeve, was sold separately. In 1875, however, it was purchased by Mathias Joannes Petrus Slegers, who had also purchased the domain of the Beverbeekhoeve the year before. This farm was demolished in 1878, but in the immediate vicinity of it, the current castle in Tudor style was built in 1889, designed by the architect Mathieu Christiaens for Joseph Slegers (°1837). He was a doctor of law and lawyer in Tongeren. He was married to Joséphine Schaetzen (Liège, °1849) the daughter of Willem Schaetzen and Hortense Verpoorten. This castle is a striking, high building with a bay window and flanked by a platform. The castle is situated in a park of 3 ha, designed in English landscape style, and equipped with a pond.

In a park near the care center you will come across this, definitely worth it

The castle's predecessor was an almost square tower house from the 13th century, the foundations of which, with a circumference of 10 by 11 meters, were discovered during the excavation. It was replaced by a square castle measuring approximately 30 by 30 meters, which was significantly expanded in the 16th century. For a long time, the castle belonged to the van den Bergh family, who inherited the Lordship of Stevensweert in 1503. Hendrik van den Bergh was a descendant of the van den Bergh family. He became Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish armies in the Netherlands and, during the Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch in 1629, faced his cousin, Prince Frederik Hendrik, the most capable of the Dutch generals. Van den Bergh lost the battle and his rank as Commander-in-Chief. In 1632, Prince Frederik Hendrik undertook the famous campaign along the Meuse River. Later, the Dutch troops founded the city of Venlo. Roermond, Stevensweert, and Maastricht were conquered. The Spanish sought a strategic location to encircle the Dutch troops in Maastricht. They occupied the island in the Meuse, surrounded by the Old and New Meuse Rivers. Fortifications were built there, including the most important, Stevensweert Fortress. At the same time, the Meuse was diverted to block access to the city of Maastricht. The Spanish governors of Stevensweert Fortress moved into Stevensweert Castle. This only changed with the Battle of Stevensweert in 1702 during the War of the Spanish Succession. The castle was severely damaged in this battle, and a large part of it was lost. Today, the following parts of the former castle can still be seen: parts of the round corner tower, the wall of the Knights' Hall with loopholes, and the successor to the castle chapel. The latter (rebuilt in 1819) was used by the Protestant troops to attend church. Source: https://archeoroutelimburg.nl/de/locatie/archaological-statte-stevensweert-castle-and-fortress

You can walk freely in the garden of this care center that is located in a beautiful wooded area and has a rich history. The complex includes a castle from the twelfth century.

Cobbled, oak-lined driveway. On the street side, guard's house from 1936 and wall with fence from the 1950s (?). Situated in a spacious, somewhat neglected park of just over 3 hectares in English landscape style with, among other things, chestnut trees and oaks; pond with island in front of the castle. (Inventory of Immovable Heritage)

The fort was destroyed in 1702 by war events. Only the round tower and the castle chapel were spared. The Protestant armies conquered the place from the Spanish occupiers.