Great Beguinage
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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Protected area
- Description: beguinage in Leuven, Belgium
- Also known as: “Grand Beguinage”, “Grand Béguinage”, “Grand Beguinage of Leuven”, “Great Beguinage of Leuven”, “Great Beguinage, Leuven”, and “Groot Begijnhof, Leuven”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Den Dreef and Monastery of Zwartzusters (Leuven).
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 410 metres south of Great Beguinage.
Monastery of Zwartzusters (Leuven)
University
Photo: GFreihalter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Monastery of Zwartzusters (Leuven) is an university, which is situated 190 metres northeast of Great Beguinage.
American College
University
Photo: IdahoUD, Public domain.
The American College is a former Catholic seminary in Leuven, Belgium. It is now a student residence of the KU Leuven. Founded in 1857 as the American College of the Immaculate Conception, it was operated by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops… American College is situated 250 metres northeast of Great Beguinage.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heverlee and Terbank.
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.
Kessel-Lo
Village
Photo: Álvaro Rebón, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kessel-Lo 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. The city was merged into Leuven as a sub-municipality on 1 January 1977. Kessel-Lo is situated 3 km northeast of Great Beguinage.
Great Beguinage
- Category: beguinage
- Location: Leuven, Arrondissement of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.87189° or 50° 52′ 19″ northLongitude
4.69606° or 4° 41′ 46″ eastOperator
Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenOpen location code
9F26VMCW+QCOpenStreetMap ID
way 257605234Wikidata ID
Q1049301
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Great Beguinage” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մեծ բեգինաժ”
- Catalan: “Groot Begijnhof Leuven”
- Chinese: “大貝居安會院”
- Chinese: “大贝居安会院”
- Dutch: “Begijnhof leuven”
- Dutch: “Groot Begijnhof Leuven”
- Dutch: “Groot Begijnhof”
- French: “Grand béguinage de Louvain”
- French: “Grand Béguinage”
- German: “Großer Beginenhof Leuven”
- German: “Grosser Beginenhof Löwen”
- German: “Großer Beginenhof Löwen”
- Indonesian: “Groot Begijnhof, Leuven”
- Italian: “Grande Beghinaggio di Lovanio”
- Italian: “Groot Begijnhof”
- Persian: “گرند بگوئینژ، لوون”
- Portuguese: “Grande Beguinário de Leuven”
- Russian: “Большой бегинаж”
- Slovenian: “Velika beginaža, Leuven”
- Spanish: “Gran beguinaje de Lovaina”
- Spanish: “Gran beguinaje”
- Ukrainian: “Великий бегінаж (Левен)”
- Ukrainian: “Великий бегінаж”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Meisjesweeshuis and Het Convent van Chievres.
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