🏰 Egmond Castle

Egmond Castle, locally known as Slot op den Hoef and also called the Ruins of Egmond, is a ruined medieval castle in Egmond aan den Hoef, in the municipality of Bergen in the Dutch province of North Holland. It lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of Alkmaar. It was the ancestral seat of the Egmond family, whose members became sovereign Dukes of Guelders, Counts of Egmond and Princes of Gavere, Counts of Buren and Leerdam.