Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
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The Louis XV-style pump dating from 1754 was restored and moved in 1887.
By the side of the pump is a poem:
“A road widening is not fun. I was put aside. Close to the tree ’s great sorrow. Where no one sheds a tear. “
I did not notice the tree but you can see it here.
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 29th 2015
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The inside of the Staduis provides as much interest as the outside. Here are some of the many interesting rooms within.
The Gothic Hall
This is the room where Leuven town council meets, even after the relocation of all the municipal services and the councillors’ offices to newer premises.
The beam blocks on the market side are [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 28th 2015
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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 [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Jul 27th 2015
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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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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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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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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
