In the Middle of the 12th century, this church of the former Saint Gerturde’s Abbey was nothing more than a simple but impressive prayer room. The church was built between the 13th and 15th century. In the church you can find remarkable late Gothic choir stalls. The open spire known as the ‘tower’ without securing [...]
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Saint Gertrude’s Abbey
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 14th 2015
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The Small Beguinage
A beguine community rose up by the St. Gertrude’s Abbey. This Small Beguinage is mentioned for the first time in 1272. The district consists of a street and two blind alleys where women who served in the nearby abbey lived. The small beguinage had few financial resources and the buildings rapidly fell into decay. The [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 13th 2015
A tree is known by its fruit; we by our deeds. A good deed is never lost; one who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and one who plants kindness gathers love.
Saint Basil
15 Comments CherryPie on Jul 12th 2015
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And Now…
…we find ourselves back at Martin’s Klooster.
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 11th 2015
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Through the Archway
Let us walk through the archway at the end of the street I showed in my previous post and see what we see…
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 10th 2015
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Eventually…
… I have edited all my Leuven photos and got them in some sort of order.
So now am able to share more detail about the places I mentioned my in Leuven diary with you.
Do you have a special request from the places that I visited in Leuven?
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 9th 2015
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Poppies for Peace
During my visit to the M Museum in Leuven I noticed these poppies through a museum window. They reminded me of the poppies in the moat at the Tower of London. When I got home I looked up the website that was advertised to find out more about them:
Poppies for Peace is based on an [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 8th 2015
