page_title: Neoclassical architecture in Belgium
section_title: Dutch Period (1815–30)
hierarchical_section_title: Neoclassical architecture in Belgium / Phases / Pure neoclassicism (1759–1865) / Dutch Period (1815–30)
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Belgique - Bruxelles - Ancien observatoire royal de Bruxelles
context_page_description: Neoclassical architecture appeared in Belgium during the period of Austrian occupation in the mid-18th century and enjoyed considerable longevity in the country, surviving through periods of French and Dutch occupation, and the birth of Independent Belgium, surviving well into the 20th century.
context_section_description: In 1815, the Southern Netherlands were united by the Congress of Vienna with the Dutch United Provinces to form the new Dutch-led United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
  Under William I, many of the most significant neoclassical buildings were constructed in Brussels, including the Academy Palace, the Royal Theatre of La Monnaie, the Botanical Gardens, the Royal Observatory and the Royal Palace, precursor of the modern palace.
  Ghislain-Joseph Henry (already active under the Austrian period)
  Connection of the Hôtel Bender and Belgiojoso (constructed by Montoyer in 1785) to create the palace of William I in Brussels (1820)
  1815 Charles Vander Straeten
  Academy Palace and Royal Stables of Brussels (planned in 1815, built 1823–25), work on the Palace of the Nation (1816–18), Ball room of the Vauxhall of Brussels (after 1820)
  (See below for his works after 1830)
  1816 Louis Roelandt
  Aula Academica in Ghent (1816–25), Liberal club of Geraardsbergen (1817), Neoclassical tower of Ninove Abbey (1826–44), south wing of Aalst Town Hall (1828–30)
  (See below for his works after 1830)
  1818 Louis Damesme (French architect)
  Royal Theatre of La Monnaie in Brussels (1818–19) (not the current building, which was built by Joseph Poelaert), Street surrounding the theatre (designed 1817–19)
  1824 Nicolas Roget (French architect)
  Barricades' Square in Brussels (1824), extension of the Palace of Charles of Lorraine (1825), former Royal Observatory of Brussels (1826–32, with Auguste Payen)
  1825 Tilman-François Suys
  Completion of the Academy Palace (1825–28), designs of the Botanical Gardens of Brussels (1826, construction started by Pierre-François Gineste, then resumed in 1842 by Suys)
  (See below for his works after 1830)
  1825 Bruno Renard
  Grand Hornu (1825)
  (See below for his works after 1830)
  1826 Pierre Bruno Bourla
  Orangery of the Botanical Garden of Antwerp (1826, demolished), French Royal Theatre (known as the "Bourla Theatre") in Antwerp (1827–34)
  (See below for his works after 1830)
  1827 Henri Partoes
  Pacheco Hospice (1827), Orangery of the Château de Belœil (1830)
caption: Royal Observatory of Belgium, Uccle,
  Nicolas Roget and Auguste Payen, 1826–32
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