Replica Hercules statue

Valkenbergpark Breda,

Tot 1812 deed dit park dienst als kasteeltuin voor de Heren van Breda. Het park dankt zijn naam aan een valkenhuis, dat aan de rand ervan stond en van waaruit de kasteelbewoners en hun gasten de valkenjacht bedreven. Het park was van origine een echt bos… Read more

Until 1812 this park served as a castle garden for the Lords of Breda. The park owes its name to a falcon house, which stood on the edge of it and from where the castle residents and their guests practiced falconry. The park was originally a real forest with high trees. In the seventeenth century that character disappeared with the construction of a French-style garden.

One replica of the seventeen statues stands further in the park, in a specially laid out flowerbed. This flowerbed is a reminder of the French style garden. The original statue of Hercules can be seen in the Holland Casino Breda. During excavations in the park the foundations of a medieval wall tower and of the stone wall which surrounded 'small Breda' until 1537 were found. Of two wall towers a small piece has been built again.

Valkenbergpark Breda,