De verdediging van het vaandel
De verdediging van het vaandel is a memorial in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders. De verdediging van het vaandel is situated nearby to the town Heverlee, as well as near the marketplace L.E. van Arenbergplein.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Lambert’s church Heverlee and Den Dreef.
Den Dreef
Stadium
Photo: George Bryce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Den Dreef, also known as King Power at Den Dreef for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium situated on Kardinaal Mercierlaan in the Heverlee suburb of Leuven in Belgium. Den Dreef is situated 440 metres north of De verdediging van het vaandel.
Heverlee railway station
Railway stop
Photo: Arafi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Heverlee railway station is a railway stop, which is situated 270 metres southeast of De verdediging van het vaandel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heverlee and Great Beguinage.
Heverlee
Town
Photo: Wouterhagens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heverlee is a sub-municipality of the city of Leuven located in the province of Flemish Brabant, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977.
Great Beguinage
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Great Beguinage of Leuven is a well-preserved beguinage and completely restored historical quarter containing a dozen streets in the south of downtown Leuven, Belgium.
De verdediging van het vaandel
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “voor ‘HEVERLEE AAN ZIJNE GLORIERYKE KINDEREN GESTORVEN VOOR HET VADERLAND 1914-1918 ’, ‘NEEN MEN ZAL U NOOIT VERDELGEN WAT EEN VŸAND PRAALT EN POCHT. VRŸHEID; VRŸHEID; ERF DER BELGEN MET DER VAADREN BLOED GEKOCHT. DE LAET’; achter ‘HEVERLE A CES GLORIEUX”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Leuven, Arrondissement of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.86437° or 50° 51′ 52″ northLongitude
4.69384° or 4° 41′ 38″ eastInception
September 24th, 1919Open location code
9F26VM7V+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 613015940OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include de Bib Leuven Heverlee and Gemeentehuis Heverlee.
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