Sint-Geertruikerk

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.

Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Also known as: “Parochiekerk Sint-Gertrudis” and “Sint-Gertrudiskerk”
Address: Sint-Geertruiabdij, Leuven

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Voer and Saint Peter’s Church, Leuven.

Voer

River

Photo: Flamenc, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Voer is a river.

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 520 metres south of Sint-Geertruikerk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Small Beguinage and Brussels Gate.

Small Beguinage

Neighborhood

Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Small Beguinage is a neighborhood.

Brussels Gate

Locality

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Brussels Gate is a locality.

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.

Sint-Geertruikerk

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Leuven, Arrondissement of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

50.8841° or 50° 53′ 3″ north

Longitude

4.69932° or 4° 41′ 58″ east

Open location code

9F26VMMX+JP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 77158769

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

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