The barouque chapel Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-Koorts in was built 1641-1733. It then functioned as a parish church (1803-1871) and as a monastery of the Friars Minor (1871-1986). Since 1986 it is part of the KADOC site, owned...
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The St. Anthony’s Chapel (Sint Antoniuskapel) is one of several medieval chapel in Leuven. In the 19. centaury it was an important place of pilgrimage dedicated to St. Joseph. Since 1936 its crypt has contained...
St. Quentin Church (Sint-Kwintenskerk) is a gothic church, situated on a hill close the Namur Gate is one of the medieval parish churches of Leuven. People prayed here to St. Quentin for cures for a number...
The Saint James' Church (Sint-Jacobskerk) is built in Romanesque style between 1220 and 1235 (13th century). Since 1290, only the tower remains of this original church, which is part of the seven wonders of Leuven....
St. Gertrude’s Church (Sint Geertruikerk) was an Augustine abbey. The church was built from the 14th to the 16th century. The tower has an openwork spire, dating from 1453. Inside is an 18th-century carillon. The...
The Saint Lambert chapel (Sint-Lambertuskapel) in Heverlee, Leuven, is located in the castle park Arenberg. The chapel functioned for the Heverlee sub-parish, which depended on the Sint-Anna parish in Oud-Heverlee (until 1757). The chapel was a...
St. Micheal's Church (Sint Michielskerk) stands on the highest point in Leuven and is one of the most monumental Baroque churches in Europe. The church was built between 1650 and 1671 for the Jesuit College...
The Saint Peter's Church (Sint-Pieterskerk) in Leuven is a Roman Catholic church built in the 15th century in the Brabantine Gothic style. The first church on the site, made of wood and presumably founded in 986, burned...