Exterior view
by DEWEZ, Laurent-Benoît, Photo
Laurent-Benoît Dewez, a pupil of Vanvitelli, was the first to develop a distinct Neoclassical style in southern Netherlands. He built a palace in Seneffe for Duke Julien de Pestre in 1760. He elegantly arranged the fa�ade with Corinthian columns and designed the colonnades of the court gallery with Ionic columns. The concept of the building was patterned after English country houses - themselves inspired by Palladio - but the details of the decorations are largely of French origin.