Saint Peter’s Church, Leuven

Saint Peter's Church is a Roman Catholic church in , Belgium, 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.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Saturday: 10:00 AM—4:30 PM
    Sunday and public holidays: 11:00 AM—4:30 PM
    October—March: Wednesday closed
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: church in Leuven, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Leuven St. Peter’s Church”, “Magistral Church”, “Sint-Pieter”, and “St. Peter’s Church, Leuven”
  • Address: Grote Markt 1, Leuven, 3000
  • Wheelchair access: limited
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Grote Markt and M – Museum Leuven.

Square
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The is the central square of , , Belgium. It is situated between the Oude Markt and the Rector De Somerplein and near both the Bondgenotenlaan and the Muntstraat.

Museum
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or simply M is an art museum in the inner city of , , 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… is situated 250 metres southeast of Saint Peter’s Church, Leuven.

Historic site
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is a historic site, which is situated 130 metres southwest of Saint Peter’s Church, Leuven.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Small Beguinage and Great Beguinage.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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The of Leuven is a well-preserved beguinage and completely restored historical quarter containing a dozen streets in the south of downtown , Belgium.

Locality
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is a locality.

Saint Peter’s Church, Leuven

Latitude
50.87954° or 50° 52′ 46″ north
Longitude
4.70121° or 4° 42′ 4″ east
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
Inception
1425
Levels
2
Named after
Saint Peter
Open location code
9F26VPH2+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 37427236
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­church
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tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6694353
Wiki­data ID
Q17722
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vlaams—“Saint Peter’s Church, Leuven” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “ilesia de San Pedru”
  • Belarusian: “Царква Святога Пятра”
  • Catalan: “església de Sant Pere”
  • Chinese: “圣伯多禄教堂”
  • Czech: “kostel svatého Petra v Lovani”
  • Danish: “Skt. Peters Kirke, Leuven”
  • Dutch: “Parochiekerk Sint-Pieter”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Pieterskapittel te Leuven”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Pieterskerk (Leuven)”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Pieterskerk Leuven”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Pieterskerk”
  • Esperanto: “Kirko de Sankta Petro en Loveno”
  • French: “collégiale Saint-Pierre de Louvain”
  • French: “Collégiale Saint-Pierre de Louvain”
  • French: “église de Louvain”
  • French: “église Saint-Pierre de Louvain”
  • German: “Sint Pieter”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית פטרוס הקדוש”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Santo Petrus, Leuven”
  • Indonesian: “Leuven Gereja Santo Petrus”
  • Italian: “Collegiale Sint-Pieterskerk”
  • Italian: “collegiata di San Pietro”
  • Italian: “Collegiata di San Pietro”
  • Japanese: “聖ペテロ教会 (ルーヴェン)”
  • Polish: “Kolegiata św. Piotra w Leuven”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Петра”
  • Slovenian: “cerkev sv. Petra v Leuvnu”
  • Slovenian: “Cerkev sv. Petra, Leuven”
  • Slovenian: “louvenska cerkev”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de San Pedro”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Pedro”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia Magistral”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Peterskyrkan, Leuven”
  • Tatar: “Изге Питер чиркәве”
  • Turkish: “Aziz Petrus Kilisesi, Leuven”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Святого Петра”
  • Vlaams: “Sinte-Pieterskerke”

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