Thionville Castle (castle of the counts of Luxembourg)

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Le château en bref

In the heart of the old town of Thionville, the former castle of the counts, later dukes, of Luxembourg is today represented by the Tour aux Puces, the remains of the keep (11th–12th centuries, estimated), and by the Cour du Château, opening behind the former fortified gateway. The castle was razed in 1531; the tower served as an artillery depot, partly as a military prison in 1733, and was then restored in 1905; it now houses a museum of the town's history. The two entrance towers and the porch linking them, remodelled in 1771, have been listed as historic monuments for their façades since 1980.