The Phantom of La Roche Show in Belgium

The Phantom of La Roche Show in Belgium Every evening, the ghost of Berthe - daughter of a 10th-century Count of La Roche - wanders the walls of La Roche-en-Ardenne castle from 12 July to 23 August for this 2014 edition. History about Berthe laments and her tragic destiny, believing herself to have been betrayed by her fiancé, she sold her soul to the devil on the condition that she could get revenge by condemning them both to death... During tour to europe or independent tours to Belgium you will have good vacation in Brussels and interesting phantom show of castle La Roche-en-Ardenne. Dominating the valley ans nestled between a curve of the river Ourthe and the steep slopes of the Deister hill, the ruins of the medieval castle built between the XI-XIIth and the XIIIth century tower over the town of La Roche. The catsle was built on a large interlocking of pieces of local shale, held together by a mixture of chalk and sand. In the XIIth century, the fortification assumed a strategic role in the protection and development of the commercial centre, wich had becom an important stop on the English wool trade route leading to Lombardy. The site was inhabited until 1780. The French (Louis XIV) had captured it on 10 August 1681 and had transformed the stately dwelling of yore. Abandoned by Joseph II, it fell into ruins ans served as a source of building materials for the local inhabitants of La Roche throughout the previous century.