Beaufort Castle Pictures - Luxembourg

The Ruins of Beaufort Castle Make for Great Pictures

If you've never been to Luxembourg, you might want to think again. It's a beautiful country, the verdant summer landscape studded with castles and castle ruins, many of which are undergoing restoration.

Beaufort castle dates back to around 1150. It was enlarged in 1380, and a wing added in 1500. It's everything you might want in a castle, including a tar-nose above the entrance where guards could toss boiling oil on intruders. It also has a torture chamber, with some reconstructed instruments of torture (see the picture below for an example). The castle had a moat at one time, although today little of the moat remains.

Beaufort Castle is located in a region of Luxembourg called Mullerthal, the Little Switzerland. The castle is open 9-6 and is illuminated on Summer nights.

I hope they don't restore Beaufort Castle. The ruins, as you will see, are quite evocative the way they are.

Enjoy the pictures of Beaufort Castle. Click the pictures to see them larger.