# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurent-benoit-dewez
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:38:05.956Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laurent-benoit-dewez"
name: "Laurent-Benoît Dewez"
slug: "laurent-benoit-dewez"
description: "Laurent-Benoît Dewez was an architect of Walloon origin. He is considered the most influential architect in the Austrian Netherlands from the second half of the 18th century. His architectural projects are of international stature and introduced a neoclassical style, with Italian and English influences, to the region. He designed a large number of châteaux, abbeys and churches in Belgium, many of which were damaged after the French Revolution."
tagline: "Belgian architect (1731-1812)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Manor_house_Helecine.jpg/330px-Manor_house_Helecine.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1731-04-14"
deathDate: "1812-11-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.80576
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "لاورينت بينويت ديويز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent-Beno%C3%AEt_Dewez"
    title: "Laurent-Benoît Dewez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent-Beno%C3%AEt_Dewez"
    title: "Laurent-Benoît Dewez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent-Beno%C3%AEt_Dewez"
    title: "Laurent-Benoît Dewez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent-Beno%C3%AEt_Dewez"
    title: "Laurent-Benoît Dewez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372002"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump