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q Château de
Bourscheid
11 km (7 miles) W of Vianden. Road
Map F4. @ n Buurschtermillen,
Bourscheid-Moulin; 990570.
Open Apr–Oct: 9:30am–6pm daily;
Nov–Mar: 11am–4pm daily. & 9
= ∑ chateau.bourscheid.lu
Now largely reconstructed
from ruins, the Château de
Bourscheid is an evocative
example of a medieval walled
fortress. Building began in
about AD 1000, and it was then
ruled by the lords of Bourscheid
for more than 400 years, from The sturdy towers and ramparts of Château de Bourscheid
1095 to 1512. Set 150 m (492 ft)
above a dramatic loop of the w Clervaux Bataille des Ardennes or Battle
River Sûre, the castle offers fine 16 km (10 miles) N of Bourscheid. of the Bulge Museum. The
views from the ramparts. The Road Map F4. * 4,815. £ @ tower of the Neo-Romanesque
current ring wall, with its eight n Grand Rue 11; 920072. church of the Abbaye
towers, was built between 1350 ∑ destination-clervaux.lu Bénédictine de St-Maurice et
and 1384, along with the step- de St-Maur, founded in 1910,
gabled Stolzemburger House in Located on a loop in the crests a hill outside the town.
the lower part of the castle. This River Clerve in the Germano- The austere interior of the
now contains a small museum of Luxembourg Nature Reserve, church is bathed in light from
archaeological finds. The gateway Clervaux lies at the heart of fine stained glass and contains
giving access to the upper and the forested Ardennes region an exhibition on monastic life.
lower castle was completed in known as Oesling in northern The abbey is internationally
1477. Decline set in after 1512, Luxembourg. At the centre of famed for its choir, which
following the death of the last the town is a whitewashed specializes in Gregorian chant.
Bourscheid – the ruins were château of medieval origins,
bought by the state in 1972. which has been much altered E The Family of Man
over the centuries. It contains Château de Clervaux. Tel 929657.
Environs three permanent exhibitions. Open Mar–Dec: noon–6pm Wed–Sun.
The N27 follows a scenic route The first is a collection of & 7 0 ∑ steichencollections.lu
along the River Sûre. The Upper photographs known as The E Musée de la Maquette and
Valley runs from Ettelbruck, via Family of Man. Then there Musée de la Bataille des Ardennes
Bourscheid, for some 70 km are the Musée de la Maquette, Château de Clervaux. Tel 26910695.
(43 miles) almost to the with models of 22 castles in Open Mar–Dec.
Belgian border. Luxembourg, and Musée de la
e Wiltz
The Family of Man Project
11 km (7 miles) NW of Bourscheid.
The American photographer Edward Steichen (1879–1973) was Road Map E4. * 6,400. £ @
born in Luxembourg. He became famous during the 1920s, and n Château; 957444. _ Open-air
after World War II was Director of Photography at the Museum Festival of Theatre and Music (Jul).
of Modern Art in New York. In 1951, he invited submissions for ∑ tourisme.wiltz.lu
a collection of photographs that would record the unique and
universal qualities of mankind. From some This town is a good base for
two million submissions, he chose 503, by touring the local Ardennes.
273 photographers from 68 countries, and The lower part of the town runs
assembled them under 37 themes – work, along both banks of the River
family, birth, war, faith and so on. The Wiltz, while the upper town
Family of Man was first exhibited in 1955 shares higher ground with an
and toured the world to great acclaim. In impressive château. This for mer
1964, the US government gave it to the residence of the counts of Wiltz
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in accor- is in the Renaissance style. Its
dance with Steichen’s wishes. Since 1994, stables contain the agreeable
the collection has been at the Château de Musée National d’Art
Edward Steichen, pictured Clervaux, and it is now listed by UNESCO Brassicole et de la Tannerie,
in 1955 on its Memory of the World register. which is devoted to beer-
brewing, with a small section
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