Printhagen Castle

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Le château en bref

Printhagen Castle lies in Herbroek, in the municipality of Kortessem (Limburg), at Printhagendreef 4, in a flat agricultural landscape crossed by long avenues of poplars. A fief of the lords of Kortessem under the Ancien Régime, it was held by the Printhagen family, cited from the 13th century onwards, and was bought in 1819 by Félix Bouhaye of Liège. It is a heavy square building of five bays over three storeys, under a high slate pavilion roof with three dormers crowned by an octagonal lantern. The core dates from the first half of the 17th century, and the residential tower was still surrounded by its own moat in 1744. Around 1760, the first two storeys received segmental-arched windows in limestone. Inside survive a wooden staircase, stucco work and marble fireplaces in the Liège rococo style of the late 18th century. The castle abuts the south-east wing of the farm. It has been protected as a monument together with its site since 12 June 1986.