St Gertrude’s Abbey, Leuven
St Gertrude's Abbey is a complex of former monastic buildings in Leuven, Belgium. An Augustinian priory founded in 1206 was suppressed in 1797. After restoration, the monastic buildings were used between 1917 and 1968 by Benedictine nuns as a house of studies and student residence.Photo: Flamenc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: GVR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Monastery
- Description: Abbey in Leuven, Belgium
- Also known as: “église Sainte-Gertrude de Louvain”, “Sint-Geertruiabdij”, and “St. Gertrude’s Abbey”
Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Voer and Saint Peter’s Church, Leuven.
Saint Peter’s Church, Leuven
Church
Photo: GVR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Peter's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Leuven, 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. Saint Peter’s Church, Leuven is situated 480 metres south of St Gertrude’s Abbey, Leuven.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Small Beguinage and Brussels Gate.
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.
St Gertrude’s Abbey, Leuven
- Categories: benedictine abbey, abbey church, historic site, and religion
- Location: Leuven, Arrondissement of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.88371° or 50° 53′ 1″ northLongitude
4.69944° or 4° 41′ 58″ eastOpen location code
9F26VMMX+FQOpenStreetMap ID
way 306871585OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monasteryWikidata ID
Q1737342
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Italian—“St Gertrude’s Abbey, Leuven” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Parochiekerk Sint-Geertrui”
- Dutch: “Parochiekerk Sint-Gertrudis”
- Dutch: “Sint-Geertrui-abdij”
- Dutch: “Sint-Geertruikerk”
- Dutch: “Sint-Gertrudiskerk”
- French: “église Sainte-Gertrude de Louvain”
- French: “Église Sainte-Gertrude de Louvain”
- French: “église Sainte-Gertrude”
- German: “Sankt-Gertrudiskirche”
- German: “Sint Geertrui”
- Italian: “chiesa di Santa Gertrude”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Scouts- en Gidsenmuseum and Kapel van de Sint-Geertruiabdij.
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