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Gravensteen

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Gravensteen

Summary

Gravensteen is a water castle[1]. Gravensteen ranks in the top 6% of water_castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (586 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gravensteen is located in Ghent[3].
  • Gravensteen is in the country of Belgium[4].
  • Gravensteen is on the body of water Lieve[5].
  • Gravensteen's instance of is recorded as water castle[6].
  • Gravensteen is owned by Philip I, Count of Flanders[7].
  • Gravensteen is owned by Ghent[8].
  • Gravensteen's postal code is recorded as 9000[9].
  • Gravensteen is used for museum[10].
  • Gravensteen's Commons category is recorded as Gravensteen (Ghent)[11].
  • Gravensteen's occupant is recorded as Count of Flanders[12].
  • +1180-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gravensteen[13].
  • Gravensteen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.057222, 'lon': 3.720556}[14].
  • Gravensteen's significant event is recorded as Battle of the Gravensteen[15].
  • Gravensteen's official website is recorded as https://visit.gent.be/nl/zien-doen/gravensteen-een-burcht-gent[16].
  • Gravensteen's official website is recorded as https://visit.gent.be/fr/voir-et-faire/le-chateau-des-comtes[17].
  • Gravensteen's official website is recorded as https://visit.gent.be/de/staunen-erleben/die-grafenburg-die-burg-gent[18].
  • Gravensteen's official website is recorded as https://visit.gent.be/es/ver-y-hacer/el-imponente-castillo-de-los-condes[19].
  • Gravensteen's official website is recorded as https://visit.gent.be/en/see-do/castle-counts[20].
  • Gravensteen's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Flemish Region[21].
  • Gravensteen's heritage designation is recorded as beschermd monument[22].
  • Gravensteen's different from is recorded as Gravesteen[23].
  • Gravensteen's appears in the heritage monument list is recorded as Onroerend erfgoed in Ghent[24].
  • Gravensteen's state of use is recorded as open to the public[25].
  • Gravensteen's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as Wiki project belgian museums[26].
  • Gravensteen's street address is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Sint-Veerleplein 11'}[27].

Body

Geography

Gravensteen is in the country of Belgium[4]. Gravensteen is located in Ghent[3]. Gravensteen is on the body of water Lieve[5].

Designation and Status

Gravensteen's instance of is recorded as water castle[6]. Gravensteen's heritage designation is recorded as beschermd monument[22].

History and Context

+1180-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gravensteen[13]. Owners include Philip I, Count of Flanders[7], a politician[28], 1142–1191[29] and Ghent[8], a municipality of Belgium[30], in Belgium[31].

Why It Matters

Gravensteen ranks in the top 6% of water_castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (586 views/month).[2] Gravensteen has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Gravensteen is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

Belgium Philip I, Count of Flanders

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . erfgoedkaart.be. erfgoedkaart.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . id.erfgoed.net. Retrieved . id.erfgoed.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . erfgoedkaart.be. erfgoedkaart.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . erfgoedkaart.be. erfgoedkaart.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . id.erfgoed.net. id.erfgoed.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . erfgoedkaart.be. erfgoedkaart.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Vicarage · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 51.057222, 'lon': 3.720556}
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