The courtyard of the castle of Clervaux contains the last Sherman tank to be put out of action by the Germans in the closing hours of the Battle of the Bulge. This tank was defending the castle at Clervaux. The castle contains a very nice, and very big, WWII museum dedicated to the Battle of the Bulge, similar in size, scope, and collection to the museum in Bastogne. This museum is Luxembourg's version of the Bastogne museum.
Unlike the Vianden castle, which is on a mountain overlooking the city, the Clervaux castle is in the middle of the city center. The city grew up around the castle. The white building below is the castle, which dates from the 13th century.
In addition to the WWII museum, the castle has a collection of models of 22 of the best castles in Luxembourg. Below is the model of the Vianden castle.
The Clervaux castle also houses the Steichen collection "The Family of Man", which I cover in another post below. You might want to do a google or wikipedia search for "The Family of Man", since it is world-famous. Edward Steichen was born in Clervaux, hence it is fitting for his exhibit to be housed here.
Clervaux also has some very pretty architecture, classical Luxembourgish.
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Wow, this is really put together well. Great annotations.
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