Bourscheid

Bourscheid

climbing the first castle on my sabbatical journey in Luxembourg

Location: 

9140 Bourscheid, Luxembourg

Duration: 

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Personal highlights

  1. Bourscheid: small village in the hills of Luxembourg
  2. Castle: neatly prepared with some towers and old rooms
  3. Audio Guide: pretty informative to learn about the castle
  4. History: first mentioned in 1095, standing nearly a millennia
  5. Archeology: evidence dating as far back as roman times

Image sources

  1. View from the castle
  2. Corinna and me
  3. Overlooking the land
  4. A castle made of stone
  5. Towers to defend

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