Built between 1439 and 1463 from the profits of the cloth trade, Leuven’s Stadhuis was designed to demonstrate the wealth of the city’s merchants. This tall and distinctive building is renowned for its lavishly carved and decorated facade. A line of narrow windows rises up over three floors beneath a steeply pitched roof adorned with [...]
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Stadhuis – Leuven
18 Comments CherryPie on Jul 27th 2015
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Huis Van’t Sestich
The house of Van’t Sestich is named after the Louvain patrician family of that name. High up in the wall the Roman numeral LX can be seen; a play on the surname.
The facade of Van ‘t Sestichhuis is quite striking and intriguing. The architectural style of the brick patterns show kinship with with the architecture [...]
11 Comments CherryPie on Jul 25th 2015
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University Library – Leuven
During WWI the Germans set the University Hall ablaze. The centuries-old library, which held hundreds of thousands of often rare books, went up in flames. With support from the Americans, a new library was built in the 192o’s in the Flemish Renaissance style. Impressive about this building are the many stones engraved with inscriptions from [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 24th 2015
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Dijlepark
This little park between the small and large arms of the Dijle was designed by municipal architect Renilde d’Haese. It is part of the island that lies between the Zwartzustersstraat and the Redingenpoort. Here, in the Middle Ages, you could find the greatest concentration of water mills. And at one time, it was the mooring [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 23rd 2015
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National Monument NKB
Strolling along the River Dilje on our way back to Hotel Klooster I noticed the side view of this rather striking statue. The statue caught my eye because it was set off by the neighboring tree trunk which to me presents a similar profile and this intrigued me.
When I moved round to the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 22nd 2015
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Paep Thoon
During the middle ages, jesters had to liven up things. They were often either deformed (e.g. a lump), small of posture, and had a big mouth and ears. Paep Thoon, who lived in Leuven during the 15th century (1430-1487), was such a character. He was an organist at the fraternity of the Holy Sacrament at [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 21st 2015
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
St Augustine
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 19th 2015
