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...
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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...
The fountain,Waterpartijtjes, on the Herbert Hooverplein takes the form of the street plan of Leuven, as Jacob van Deventer, the famous Dutch cartographer, drew it in 1550.It consists of 60 water sprays, and 68 light...
The former college of the Hoge Heuvel (Huis't Sestich) is located in the Naamsestraat, opposite the Van Dale college, and at the highest point of the center of Leuven. The college buildings are arranged around...
Park Abbey (Abdij van Park) is one of the best-preserved abbey sites in Flanders and the Netherlands. Norbertine monks have lived here since 1129. There is PARCUM museum and the house Polyphony or simply stroll through the grounds...
Numerous works of art have literally been integrated into the provincial house: the most eye-catching is of course the yellow balcony, clearly visible to everyone on the sidewall of the provincial house, by the Austrian...
The statue of Fiere Margriet was designed by Willy Meysmans and unveiled in 1982. There are different legends about Margriet. Blessed Margaret of Leuven is a popular saint from Leuven. She is the patroness of martyrs...
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...