Crabbenburg Castle in Eenbeekstraat in Destelbergen was built between 1821 and '23 by Frans Heynderycx, later senator and the first mayor of Destelbergen.

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Heynderycx and architect Van de Capelle were inspired by the villa Rotonda in Vicenza when building it. There was already a building on the estate in the twelfth century, when it was still a farm that was also surrounded by a moat. The castle was clearly built to impress and it still does, with colossal Ionic columns and a pediment depicting Apollo with his solar chariot. The castle has always been privately owned and was inhabited by wealthy Ghent industrialists and later by successful businessmen.

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