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: Neighborhood
- 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
Highlights include Den Dreef and Monastery of Zwartzusters (Leuven).
Den Dreef
Stadium
American College
University
Photo: IdahoUD, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heverlee and Small Beguinage.
Heverlee
Town
Great Beguinage
- Categories: beguinage, tourism, and locality
- Location: Leuven, Arrondissement of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.87189° or 50° 52′ 19″ north
Longitude
4.69606° or 4° 41′ 46″ east
Operator
Open location code
9F26VMCW+QC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=yes
Wikidata ID
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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”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Redingenhof and Naamsepoort.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Meisjesweeshuis and Het Convent van Chievres.
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