François Clément Joseph Parent (1823–1884) was a French

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

. Among his work was the castle at Ooidonk. With his brother Henri Parent, he restored the châteaux of

Ancy-le-Franc Ancy-le-Franc () is a commune in the Yonne department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a ...

for the Clermont-Tonnerre, Esclimont and Bonnetable families. One of his pupils was the Hungarian

Ödön Lechner Ödön Lechner (born Eugen Lechner, 27 August 1845 – 10 June 1914) was a Hungarian architect, one of the prime representatives of the Hungarian Szecesszió style, which was related to Art Nouveau in the rest of Europe, including the Vienna ...

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Belgian Castles
1823 births 1884 deaths 19th-century French architects {{France-architect-stub