Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Leuven, Belgium

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Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 3.2 km
Ascend 50 m
Descend 48 m

Experience Leuven in Belgium in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Leuven

Sight 1: Sint-Geertruiabdij

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St Gertrude's Abbey is a complex of former monastic buildings in Leuven, Belgium. An Augustinian priory founded in 1206 was suppressed in 1797. After restoration, the monastic buildings were used between 1917 and 1968 by Benedictine nuns as a house of studies and student residence.

Wikipedia: St Gertrude's Abbey, Leuven (EN)

358 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Collegium Trilingue

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Collegium Trilingue

The Collegium Trilingue, often also called Collegium trium linguarum, or, after its creator Collegium Buslidianum, is a university that was founded in 1517 under the patronage of the humanist, Hieronymus van Busleyden. The three languages taught were Latin, Greek and Hebrew. It was the model for the Collège de France founded in 1530. It is located in Leuven, Belgium.

Wikipedia: Collegium Trilingue (EN), Heritage Website

263 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Vrijheidsboom

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Vrijheidsboom

This article covers the history of Leuven up to 1968.

Wikipedia: Geschiedenis van Leuven (NL)

164 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Sint-Pieterskerk

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Saint Peter's Church in Leuven, Belgium, is a Roman Catholic church built in the 15th century in the Brabantine Gothic style. The church has a cruciform floor plan and a low bell tower that has never been completed. It is 93 metres (305 ft) long. It is located on the city's Grote Markt, opposite the Town Hall. In 1999, the belfry and bell tower of the church was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Belfries of Belgium and France site, in recognition of the civil importance and architecture of the belfries in the region.

Wikipedia: St. Peter's Church, Leuven (EN), Heritage Website

128 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Fonske

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FonskeJuan V. Vera del Campo from Tarragona, Spain / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Fonske is a statue in the centre of the university city of Leuven, on the Rector De Somerplein.

Wikipedia: Fonske (NL)

212 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: M-Museum

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M-Museum

M – Museum Leuven or simply M is an art museum in the inner city of Leuven, Belgium, which was officially opened in 2009. The museum has a collection of some 46,000 works, which range from late-Gothic paintings and sculptures to 16th century local artists such as Jan Rombouts the Elder and Josse van der Baren to 19th-century paintings and sculptures by various Flemish masters including Constantin Meunier, Jef Lambeaux and George Minne.

Wikipedia: M – Museum Leuven (EN), Website

366 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: André Dumont

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André Dumont was a Belgian geologist and mining engineer. He was a descendant of the André-Dumont family and a son of the geologist André Hubert Dumont and professor of geology and mining at the Catholic University of Leuven. He succeeded Guillaume Lambert, of whom he had also been a pupil.

Wikipedia: André Dumont (mijnbouwkundige) (NL)

327 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Heilig-Drievuldigheidscollege

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Heilige-Drievuldigheidscollege or the "Holy Trinity College Preparatory School" is a school in the city of Leuven in the Flemish Brabant province of Belgium.

Wikipedia: Heilige Drievuldigheidscollege (EN), Heritage Website

411 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ten-Predikherenkerk

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The Church of Our Lady of the Preachers is the oldest Gothic church in Leuven. It was also one of the first Gothic churches in Belgium. The building is no longer in use as a church.

Wikipedia: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ten-Predikherenkerk (Leuven) (NL), Heritage Website

1010 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 10: Stedelijke kruidtuin

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The Hortus Botanicus Lovaniensis is a botanical garden in Leuven, Belgium, dating from 1738. It is situated in the city centre and has an extent of 2.2 hectares.

Wikipedia: Hortus Botanicus Lovaniensis (EN), Heritage Website

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