Bolland Castle

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Le château en bref

Bolland Castle, in Herve, stands at the foot of a wooded hillside, near the Church of Saint Apollinaris, at the heart of a village that has kept its 17th-century appearance. The seat of a lordship first mentioned in the 12th century, with Winand de Houffalize recorded there in 1147, it developed around a presumed 12th-century keep and retains two towers from the 13th or 14th century: a square one to the east, topped with a hexagonal spire, and a round one to the west. Most of the buildings, in the Mosan style, date from the 17th century, with date stones of 1617, 1631, 1633 and 1684. Built of rubble stone of sandstone, limestone and brick, they surround a horseshoe-shaped courtyard open to the south onto the park, and are associated with a castle farm and its farmyard. The families of Houffalize, Brandenbourg, d'Eynatten, de Lannoy and then de Royer de Dour de Fraula succeeded one another there. The ensemble formed by the castle, the farm, the church and the park is listed; the press reported in 2021 the need for a thorough restoration.