Castle Park d’Aertrycke

If you explore the countryside around Torhout you will almost certainly end up at the d’Aertrycke grounds. As from 1865, Ghent politician August de Maere d’Aertrycke converted these grounds into a spacious country residence. He entrusted the construction of the neo-Gothic castle to Antwerp architect Jozef Schadde. Garden architect Louis Fuchs was recruited to design…