Kasteel Ter Beken

Ghent, Belgium, Belgium

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Kasteel Ter Beken is an 18th‑century moated castle and former luxury country house located on the border of Drongen and Mariakerke, two villages in the city of Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium, at Beekstraat 1–3, and it is now used as a diocesan seminary and educational building.

It was built in 1748 by Charles‑Willem, count d’Allegambe, marquis of Auweghem, on the site of a former feudal castle that had belonged to Gillis van der Beken, lord of Drongen, in 1516, and the architect is thought to have been Jan‑Pieter van Baurscheit the Younger, with the design changing from a medieval fortified castle to a grand classical country house surrounded by a water belt.

The castle suffered damage during both World Wars but was restored after the first war by the Ghent industrialist Baron (Armand) Casier, and after the second war it was bought by the Diocese of Ghent, which in 1955 converted it into the Sint‑Paulusseminarie, with architect Valentin Vaerwijck tasked to restore the old house and design new buildings, and since 2019 the property has been owned by LUCA School of Arts,.