Gravensteen
The castle of the Counts of Flanders, built in 1180 by Philip of Alsace. It later served as a court, a prison and even a cotton mill, and got its battlements back around 1900. In 1949 students occupied it, in protest against the price of beer going up.
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Sights nearby
- Groot Vleeshuis 144 m
- Graslei and Korenlei 257 m
- Graffiti Street 312 m
- Vrijdagmarkt 351 m
Food and drink nearby
- Brasserie Paradijs 74 m
- De Gekroonde Hoofden 90 m
- Oak 124 m
- Waterhuis aan de Bierkant 134 m
- 't Dreupelkot 137 m
- 't Galgenhuisje 142 m