Steytelinck

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Steytelinck Castle (Sint-Bavostraat 20, Wilrijk, Antwerp) is a nineteenth-century Neoclassical château built around an older core with a U-shaped plan, set in a large public landscape park. According to the Flemish inventory, the original castle dates from around 1521-1522; its name recalls Joachim Steudlin, who had work carried out on it in the second half of the sixteenth century (a beam in the barn bears the date 1598). Among its many owners, Michel Severijns (1810-1815) enlarged the estate and created a Romantic park. When the construction of Fort VI and the railway drained the ponds, the widow Moretus had the park redesigned by the landscape gardener Michiels and the interior layout adapted. The park has been open to the public since 1929; the castle, owned by the district since 1967, was restored and inaugurated in 1975. It houses a cultural centre and the Wilrijk local history circle. In 2024, AG Vespa found a new operator to install a brasserie and a banqueting hall, while the park remains open for walks.