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Le château en bref
Crèvecœur Castle is located in Battice, in the municipality of Herve, at the locality known as Au Rosay, in the Herve region, a former territory of the Duchy of Limburg. It should not be confused with the ruins of the same name in Bouvignes-sur-Meuse. In the 17th century, it was the seat of a local lordship. The castle was surrounded by a moat and flanked by two square corner towers. Its main residential block was almost entirely demolished in 1947–1948; the entrance gateway, a small tower and one wing of the residential block survive. In the courtyard, to the left of the entrance, stands a large limestone basin, and a funerary slab bears the arms of the Caldenborch and Barbieus families, together with the motto “Beny soit Dieu”. These coats of arms indicate the alliances of its former lords, although the succession of owners is not established in the sources consulted. The date of 1642 given on the earlier record could not be cross-checked and is therefore not retained as the date of construction.