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The Town Hall (Dutch: Stadhuis ⓘ) of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, is a landmark building on that city's Grote Markt (main square), across from the monumental St. Peter's Church. Built in a Brabantine late-Gothic style between 1439 and 1469, it is famous for its ornate architecture, crafted in lace-like detail.
Leuven was voted European City of Sport for 2021, highlighted by hosting the UCI Road World Championships, which will follow several routes of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens, a yearly cycling race in and around Leuven. The city also hosts the start of the Brabantse Pijl, a semi-classic race and the Cyclocross Leuven is a cyclo-cross race held ...
The Grote Markt (Dutch: [ˌɣroːtə ˈmɑr(ə)kt] ⓘ; "Big Market") is the central square of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.It is situated between the Oude Markt ("Old Square") and the Rector De Somerplein ("Rector De Somer Square", named for Pieter De Somer, the first rector of the autonomous Dutch-speaking Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) in 1968) and near both the ...
1463 – Leuven Town Hall built. [5] [3] 1474 – Printing press in operation. [6] 1497 – St. Peter's Church rebuilt. [3] 1502 – Erasmus moves to Leuven. 1547 - Leuven Vulgate edited by Hentenius published in Louvain. 1571 – City Archive relocated to City Hall. [7] 1635 – June–July: Siege of Leuven. Siege of Leuven in 1635; 1717 ...
Brussels Town Hall; Kortrijk City Hall; Leuven Town Hall; Old Town Hall, Lo; Oudenaarde Town Hall; Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo City Hall (Vijećnica) Brazil
The second painting dated between 1665 and 1667 represents a bird-eye view of the city centre of Leuven with details of the City Hall, the St. Peter's Church and the Great Market Square of Leuven. It includes some details of the church that were never built but only designed. [7]
Joe Alwyn was a prankster as a kid.. The Brutalist actor, 33, revealed on The Drew Barrymore Show that he once pulled a prank on his neighbors that landed him and his older brother a visit from ...
Statue on Leuven Town Hall: Flemish Brabant: 1895 ~1913: 2020: One of many decorative statues on Leuven Town Hall depicted Leopold II, on the southwestern tower facing the Naamsestraat. The city council's decision to remove the statue was taken at the end of June 2020 as part of a larger policy of decolonisation. [17] Bust in KU Leuven's ...