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Collegium Trilingue

The Collegium Trilingue, often also called Collegium trium linguarum, or, after its creator Collegium Buslidianum, was founded in 1517 under the patronage of the humanist, Jeroen Van Busleyden (in Latin Hieronymus Buslidius). The College, in fact inspired by Erasmus who was a friend of Busleyden, was inaugurated in September 1518.

Located at 50.8811, 4.70028 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Universities in Belgium, Education in Leuven

Rega Institute for Medical Research

The Rega Institute for Medical Research is a Belgian scientific establishment that is part of the Catholic University of Leuven in central Belgium. The Rega Institute is an interfacultary biomedical research institute of the Catholic University of Leuven and consists of departments of medicine and pharmacology.

Located at 50.8778, 4.69585 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Research institutes in Belgium, Medical research institutes, Roman Catholic universities and colleges in Belgium, Education in Leuven, Research institutes established in 1954

Leuven Town Hall

The Town Hall of Leuven, Belgium, is a landmark building on that city's Grote Markt (Main Market) square, across from the monumental St.  Peter's Church. Built in a Brabantine Late Gothic style between 1448 and 1469, it is famous for its ornate architecture, crafted in lace-like detail.

Located at 50.8789, 4.7012 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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City halls in Belgium, 15th-century architecture, Buildings and structures in Leuven, Gothic architecture in Belgium, Visitor attractions in Flemish Brabant

Heilige Drievuldigheidscollege

Heilige-Drievuldigheidscollege or the "Holy Trinity College Preparatory School" is a school in the city of Leuven in the Flemish Brabant province of Belgium. The school was established in 1843 by Constant van Crombrugghe and is administered by the Josephites and was until recently exclusively boys-only, but is now mixed.

Located at 50.8769, 4.69861 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roman Catholic schools in Belgium, Education in Leuven, Educational institutions established in 1843, Buildings and structures in Leuven

Wilsele

Wilsele is a part of the city of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium. The Canal Leuven-Dijle which runs from Leuven to Mechelen passes through Wilsele and separates this part of Leuven into two parts: Wilsele-Dorp (Wilsele-Village) and Wilsele-Putkapel. Due to the physical separation, both parts have gone their own way for many years. Only recently Leuven has opened a bridge over the canal.

Located at 50.9, 4.7 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Populated places in Belgium, Leuven

St. Peter's Church, Leuven

Saint Peter's Church of Leuven, Belgium, is situated on the city's Grote Markt, right across the ornate Town Hall. Built mainly in the 15th century in Brabantine Gothic style, the church has a cruciform floor plan and a low bell tower that has never been completed.

Located at 50.8795, 4.7013 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Leuven, Churches in Belgium, Roman Catholic churches in Belgium, 986 establishments, Gothic architecture in Belgium, Churches in Flemish Brabant

House of Arenberg

The House of Arenberg is an aristocratic lineage that is constituted by three successive families who took their name from Arenberg, a small principality of the Holy Roman Empire in the Eifel. The inheritance of the House of Croÿ-Aarschot made the Arenbergs the most influential and most wealthy noble family of the Habsburg Netherlands. The Arenbergs were mediatized in 1811. The present head of the house bears the title of Duke of Arenberg, while all other members are princes or princesses.

Located at 50.8792, 4.70194 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Noble families of the Holy Roman Empire, House of Arenberg

Keizersberg Abbey

Keizersberg Abbey, also known as Mont César Abbey (Dutch: Abdij Keizersberg; French: Abbaye du Mont César) is a Benedictine monastery on the hill Keizersberg or Mont César in the north of the university town of Leuven, Belgium.

Located at 50.8885, 4.6966 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Benedictine monasteries in Belgium, Buildings and structures in Leuven, Religious organizations established in 1899

Ladeuzeplein

The Mgr. Ladeuzeplein is a square (plein is Dutch for square) in the center of Leuven . The square was named after a former rector of the Catholic University Leuven, Monseigneur Paulin Ladeuze. The Ladeuzeplein is the largest square in Leuven. Until World War II it was called the Volksplaats or People's Place. Among the local population the square was known as the Clarisse.

Located at 50.8783, 4.70556 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Leuven, Squares in Belgium, Visitor attractions in Flemish Brabant

Grote Markt (Leuven)

The Grote Markt  listen (Dutch for "Grand Square") of Leuven, Belgium is situated between the Oude Markt (Old Square) and the Fochplein and near both the Bondgenotenlaan (Avenue of the Allied Forces) and the Muntstraat (Mint Street). Its location on the crossing of some of Leuven's most famous and most touristic spots makes the Grote Markt one of the city's busiest squares.

Located at 50.8792, 4.70139 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Leuven, Squares in Belgium, Visitor attractions in Flemish Brabant

Siege of Leuven

The Siege of Leuven (June 24 – July 4, 1635) was an important siege in the Thirty Years' War in which a Franco-Dutch army under Frederick Henry of Orange and the French Marshals Urbain de Maillé-Brezé and Gaspard III de Coligny, who had invaded the Spanish Netherlands from two sides, laid siege to the Spanish city of Leuven, defended by 4,000 Flemish civilians, Walloons, Spaniards and Irish under Anthonie Schetz, Baron of Grobbendonck.

Located at 50.8833, 4.7 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1635 in Europe, Battles of the Thirty Years' War, Sieges of the Eighty Years' War, Battles involving Spain, History of Leuven, Conflicts in 1635

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, now referring to itself simply as KU Leuven, is a Dutch-speaking university in Flanders, Belgium. It is located in the centre of the historic town of Leuven, home to the university since 1425. The Catholic University of Leuven, considered Belgium's oldest university, split into the Dutch-language KU Leuven and the French-language Université catholique de Louvain, which moved to Louvain-la-Neuve in Wallonia.

Located at 50.8779, 4.70064 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Education in Leuven, Roman Catholic universities and colleges in Belgium, Pontifical Universities, Educational institutions established in 1834, Educational institutions established in 1970, Coimbra Group, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven