Kasteel Zevekote

Bruges, Belgium, Belgium

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Kasteel Zevekote (also written Zevecote) is a historic late medieval castle in Assebroek, a part of the city of Bruges in West Flanders, Belgium, situated along Bossuytlaan near the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwecollege Assebroek.

The castle site was first mentioned in written sources in 1258 and was the former residence of the lord of the “Zevecote” manorial estate, originally linked to the nearby feudal domain of the Castle of Male, and over the centuries it appears on various historical maps with a layout close to its present configuration, showing its long continuity and importance in the local feudal history of Assebroek and Flanders.

Architecturally, the castle is a distinctive example of a late medieval fortified house with an original L-shaped plan formed by a deep and a wide wing and, in the corner between them, a tall stepped or lookout tower, and its structural elements such as wooden floors, roof framework, and brickwork point to a core dating back to the 14th–15th centuries, with later modifications in the 18th and early 19th centuries.