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  2. Keizersberg Abbey - Wikipedia

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    The site. The Keizersberg ("Caesar's" or "Emperor's hill") was the site of the castle around which the city of Leuven grew up, and which local legend connected with Julius Caesar. The castle was demolished in 1782 by order of Emperor Joseph II. On the east side of the same hill a commandery of the Knights Templars was built in 1187, which when ...

  3. Leuven - Wikipedia

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    Leuven ( UK: / ˈlɜːvən /, Dutch: [ˈløːvə (n)] ⓘ ), also called Louvain ( / luːˈvæ̃ /, US also / luːˈveɪn /, French: [luvɛ̃]; German: Löwen [ˈløːvn̩] ⓘ ), is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Brussels.

  4. Leuven Town Hall - Wikipedia

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    Leuven Town Hall. /  50.87889°N 4.70111°E  / 50.87889; 4.70111. The Town Hall ( Dutch: Stadhuis ⓘ) of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, is a landmark building on that city's Grote Markt (main square), across from the monumental St. Peter's Church. Built in a Brabantine late-Gothic style between 1439 and 1469, it is famous for its ...

  5. Ladeuzeplein - Wikipedia

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    Ladeuzeplein. The Mgr. Ladeuzeplein (English: Mgr. Ladeuze Square) is the largest square in the centre of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. [1] The square was named after a former rector of the Catholic University of Leuven, Mgr. Paulin Ladeuze. The central library of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) is located on this square.

  6. Oud-Heverlee Leuven - Wikipedia

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    Oud-Heverlee Leuven (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʌut ˈɦeː.vər.ˌleː ˈløː.və(n)]), also called OH Leuven or OHL, is a Belgian professional football club from the city of Leuven. It was created in 2002 from the merger of three clubs, F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee , whose registration number it inherited, Daring Club Leuven , and Stade ...

  7. Grote Markt (Leuven) - Wikipedia

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    The Grote Markt (Dutch: [ˌɣroːtə ˈmɑr(ə)kt] ⓘ; "Big Market") is the central square of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.It is situated between the Oude Markt ("Old Square") and the Rector De Somerplein ("Rector De Somer Square", named for Pieter De Somer, the first rector of the autonomous Dutch-speaking Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) in 1968) and near both the ...

  8. KU Leuven - Wikipedia

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    KU Leuven ( Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) [ a][ 2] is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. Founded in 1425, it is the oldest university in Belgium and the oldest university in the Low Countries. In addition to its main campus in Leuven, it has satellite campuses in Kortrijk, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Ostend, Geel ...

  9. UCLouvain - Wikipedia

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    The original University of Louvain ( Universitas Lovaniensis) was founded at the centre of the historic town of Leuven (or Louvain) in 1425, making it the first university in Belgium and the Low Countries, and abolished by law in 1797. This university was the centre of Baianism, Jansenism [ 4] and Febronianism in Europe.