15 Mar 2020 Oud Leuven: #23 Kapel van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ginder-buiten The Kapel van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ginder-buiten (Chapel of Our Lady Without the Walls) was the house chapel of the Greater Guild of… Harold Tor-Daenens No Comments
15 Mar 2020 Oud Leuven: #22 Sint-Monicaklooster The Sint-Monicaklooster - Convent of St Monica - was a forgotten convent in Leuven founded by English sisters, fleeing Anglican… Harold Tor-Daenens No Comments
14 Mar 2020 Oud Leuven: #20 Sint-Laurentiusgasthuis The cartographer made two mistakes on this location: one, the guesthouse was called "Sint-Laurentiusgasthuis", not "Sint-Corneliusgasthuis". Secondly, the location was… Harold Tor-Daenens No Comments
13 Mar 2020 Oud Leuven: #19 Sint-Pietersziekenhuis Perhaps the oldest hospital in Belgium, the Sint-Pietersziekenhuis is (soon to be "was" at the time of writing) located on… Harold Tor-Daenens No Comments
12 Mar 2020 Oud Leuven: #18 Kapucijnenklooster There is nothing left of Leuven's original Capuchin Monastery (Kapucijnenklooster) which was founded in 1591 and destroyed by the French… Harold Tor-Daenens No Comments
11 Mar 2020 Oud Leuven: #17 Priorij van de Heilige Ursula en de 11.000 Maagden Where the Bruulpark now stands in Leuven, there used to be a huge convent in the Middle Ages called the… Harold Tor-Daenens 2 Comments
11 Mar 2020 Oud Leuven: #16 Het Klein Begijnhof Het Klein Begijnhof (The Small Beguinage) is one of the two beguinages in Leuven. Located north of the Sint-Geertrui-abdij (Saint… Harold Tor-Daenens No Comments
10 Mar 2020 Oud Leuven: #14 Klooster van de Annunciaten The site of the Klooster van de Annunciaten is completely gone. The current location is at Numbers 1 to 5… Harold Tor-Daenens No Comments
09 Mar 2020 Oud Leuven: #13 Kartuizerklooster The Carthusian Monastery (Kartuizerklooster) of Leuven is a hidden gem that not many people know of. Concealed by rows of… Harold Tor-Daenens No Comments
08 Mar 2020 Oud Leuven: #12 Het Groot Begijnhof The "Groot Begijnhof" is a "town-within-the-town" in the south of Leuven, on two arms of the River Dijle. Founded in… Harold Tor-Daenens No Comments