Castles and fortresses

Vianden Castle was built between the 11th and 14th centuries on the foundations of a Roman fort and a Carolingian refuge. Influenced by the Hohenstaufen family, the castle palace is one of the largest and most beautiful feudal residences of the Romanesque and Gothic periods in Europe.

Discover the four wings of the French-Renaissance castle.

Explore the gradual growth of the mediaeval castle over four separate construction phases between 1015 and 1650,reflected in the different architectural styles – Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance.

Probably built in the tenth century, the castle underwent important extensions including the erection of a fortification wall flanked by six towers during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

Already in the middle of the second century, the Romans had a villa in Welschbillig. In the second half of the fourth century, they constructed an even larger one, which in U-shape was connected west of a 60-by-20-meter pond, surrounded by 112 herds.

The majestic castle is perched on the slopes of a rocky promontory, the so-called "Lay". The origins of the castle are lost in the mists of time.

The ruins of Larochette Castle are perched on a sandstone promontory 150 metres above the Valley of the White Ernz, a tributary of the river Sûre.

The first buildings of the castle were thus constructed in the Romanesque period, whilst its development took place in the Gothic period.

The construction of Ramstein Castle near Korde dates back to the Electors of Trier. The castle Ramstein (today ruin) is lonely located on a sandstone rock south of Kordel.