Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Leuven 2015
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
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Leuven 2015
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
Filed under Anecdotes, Bruges 2010, Holidays
The next port of call on the walking tour was the Burg which is the most historic square in Bruges. According to 9th century manuscripts the Burg was the centre of civic and religious life:
It takes its name from the fortress of the ‘burg’, that was built here in 865 by Baldwin Iron Arm, the [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 15th 2010
