Tour Rosen: A Fortified House in Liège
Site at a Glance
- Popularity
- Low
- Country
- Belgium
- Primary era
- Early Modern
- Eras represented
- Early Modern
- Civilizations
- Holy Roman Empire
- Site type
- Domestic
- Remains
- Castle
History
Tour Rosen is a Mosan-style fortified house on Rue Bovy in Liège, Belgium. Its core dates to 1516. Mosan architecture is a regional tradition associated with the Meuse River basin, and the house was originally intended as a fortified residence.
The Rosen family enlarged the building in the seventeenth century and gave it its name. A moat and drawbridge formed part of its defenses until the moat was filled in 1870. The house is now a private residence.
The property passed to the Potesta family in 1839 and to the Legrand family in 1891. It belonged to Joseph-Fernand Laval in 1959, the year it was classified as a monument within the Walloon Region’s immovable heritage. In 2002, Jean Winand bought the house from Arthur Bodson, who had served as rector, the University of Liège’s senior academic officer, from 1985 to 1997.
