Château of Arenberg

The Château of Arenberg or Arenberg Castle is a Flemish Renaissance style château in , close to , Belgium. It is surrounded by a park. Built in place of a 12th-century medieval castle, the current château was started in the 16th century but still underwent many changes in the following centuries.
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  • Type: University building
  • Description: château in Leuven, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Arenberg Castle”, “Arenberg Chateau”, “Arenberg Kasteel”, “Arenbergkasteel”, “Castle Arenberg”, and “Kasteel van Arenberg”
  • Address: Kasteelpark Arenberg 1, Heverlee, 3001

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Lambert’s Chapel (Heverlee) and Den Dreef.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 330 metres east of Château of Arenberg.

Stadium
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, also known as King Power at for sponsorship reasons, is a football situated on Kardinaal Mercierlaan in the suburb of in . is situated 1 km northeast of Château of Arenberg.

Monastery
St John Berchmans University College, locally known as Jezuietenhuis or Lerkeveld, is an educational institution run by the European Low Countries Province of the Society of Jesus in , outside . is situated 520 metres southeast of Château of Arenberg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heverlee and Great Beguinage.

Town
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is a sub-municipality of the city of located in the , Flemish Region, . It was a separate municipality until 1977.

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.

Village
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is a village.

Château of Arenberg

Latitude
50.86333° or 50° 51′ 48″ north
Longitude
4.68321° or 4° 40′ 60″ east
Inception
16th century
Operator
KU Leuven
Open location code
9F26VM7M+87
Open­Street­Map ID
way 449675340
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q1522076
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Château of Arenberg” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kasteel van Arenberg”
  • Chinese: “阿伦贝格城堡”
  • Czech: “Zámek Arenberg”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel van Arenberg”
  • Esperanto: “Kasteel van Arenberg”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo de Arenberg”
  • Finnish: “Arenbergin linna”
  • French: “château d’Arenberg”
  • French: “Château d’Arenberg”
  • German: “Schloss Arenberg”
  • Hebrew: “טירת ארנברג”
  • Italian: “Castello di Arenberg”
  • Japanese: “アーレンベルク城”
  • Luxembourgish: “Schlass Arenberg (Léiwen)”
  • Luxembourgish: “Schlass Arenberg”
  • Macedonian: “Аренберг”
  • Polish: “pałac Arenberg”
  • Polish: “zamek Arenberg”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Aremberga”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Arenberg”
  • Romanian: “Casa Aremberg”
  • Russian: “Аренберг”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de Arenberg”
  • Swedish: “Kasteel van Arenberg”
  • Ukrainian: “Кастель ван Аренберг”

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