Finally today I have been to the Ruin of Brederode (near the city of Santport South). It is a small trip with the train from where I live and then a 15 minutes walk.
But I have to say that it was very worth the spend time… It is an awesome place to visit and a great place to take pictures.
When visiting old building like this ruin, I am always impressed by the fact how people in the past were able to build such beautiful buildings. Even when this here is nowadays a ruin, it is very easy to see that this was once a very impressive castle. Remember that they had in the past not the means for buildings as we have nowadays. It was all manual and hard labor.
The castle was build in the second part of the 13th century by Sir Willem I van Brederode. The castle was owned by 18 Lords until Sir Wolfert van Brederode died in 1679 and with the last male heir of the Brederode family died.
The castle has changed many times. It has been under siege, captured and freed again.
I am always amazed how plants manage to grow on the most weird and strange places in such old buildings. They seems to be able to adept so that they can grow against walls and on high places.
I am happy that the castle is now maintained as monument so it is saved for the future. I think I will return here more often to make more pictures if this impressive ruin.
Here some more pictures…
. There were many reasons why it took so long… my new job, just having less time, problems with the web-software, certain private matters and some more things.
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