leuven

6 photos and 19 illustrations tagged leuven, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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1890

2013

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British Library digitised image from page 761 of "Louvain dans le passé et dans le présent: sous-sol-formation de la ville-événements mémorables, etc" from British Library uploaded August 2018
British Library digitised image from page 180 of "Louvain Monumental, ou description historique et artistique de tous les édifices civils et religieux de la dite ville. Ouvrage orné de 112 planches" from British Library uploaded April 2018
British Library digitised image from page 100 of "The great Wonders of the World" from British Library uploaded January 2018
British Library digitised image from page 668 of "Louvain dans le passé et dans le présent: sous-sol-formation de la ville-événements mémorables, etc" from British Library uploaded December 2017
British Library digitised image from page 250 of "Louvain dans le passé et dans le présent: sous-sol-formation de la ville-événements mémorables, etc" from British Library uploaded August 2017
British Library digitised image from page 236 of "Geschiedenis van de stad Leuven [With plates.]" from British Library uploaded June 2017
British Library digitised image from page 393 of "Histoire de la Belgique ... Troisième edition, entièrement refondue et ... augmentée, etc" from British Library uploaded December 2015
British Library digitised image from page 58 of "Louvain dans le passé et dans le présent: sous-sol-formation de la ville-événements mémorables, etc" from British Library uploaded December 2013
British Library digitised image from page 635 of "Louvain dans le passé et dans le présent: sous-sol-formation de la ville-événements mémorables, etc" from British Library uploaded December 2013
British Library digitised image from page 234 of "Geiltustreerde geschiedenis van België ... Geheel herzien en het hedendaagsche tijdperk bijgewerkt door Eug. Hubert" from British Library uploaded December 2013
British Library digitised image from page 489 of "Géographie générale; physique, politique et économique. ... Avec ... cartes ... gravures, etc" from British Library uploaded December 2013
British Library digitised image from page 231 of "Geschiedenis van de stad Leuven [With plates.]" from British Library uploaded December 2013
British Library digitised image from page 203 of "Geschiedenis van de stad Leuven [With plates.]" from British Library uploaded December 2013
British Library digitised image from page 233 of "Geschiedenis van de stad Leuven [With plates.]" from British Library uploaded December 2013
British Library digitised image from page 141 of "Geschiedenis van de stad Leuven [With plates.]" from British Library uploaded December 2013

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Church of St. Pierre, Louvain (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Kilted Cowboy said:
poor Louvain, the church was noted for the fire that destroyed it www.firstworldwar.com/battles/louvain.htm video of the sack of Louvain here www.firstworldwar.com/video/sackoflouvain.htm
swanq said:
www.firstworldwar.com/battles/louvain.htm According to this website, The Belgian city of Louvain was occupied by the Germans on August 19, 1914. The Belgians attacked on August 25 and the Germans retaliated by burning and looting the city for 5 days.

Library -- Louvain (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Carl Guderian said:
The library and much of the city of Louvain was set on fire by the occupying Germans in a five-day fit of paranoia between 25 and 30 August 1914, following a failed counterattack by Belgian forces from Antwerp. The library was only rebuilt in 1921, so that should narrow it down a bit. As these things go, yesterday I found this photo, dated 22 Sept 1914, for sale online: Link (won't be there much longer).
Hiring Librarians said:
Thanks for sharing this photo, I appreciate being able to get a sense of history. Just wanted to let you know I used it on my blog here: hiringlibrarians.com/2012/05/16/answer-in-a-pithy-manner/
Viejito said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_libraries_in_Leuven#The_Li...
Carl Guderian said:
Hiring Librarians That's perfectly OK!
Carl Guderian said:
Viejito Thanks for that. It's also a relief to find out that most of the good stuff survived the fire because it had been looted by Napoleon in 1797 and returned, presumably per the Congress of Vienna of 1815, to other institutions in Belgium.

Town Hall, Louvain (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

RiverBear2010 said:
Is the town hall still there?
Art Siegel said:
Apparently so: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leuven_Town_Hall It was finished in 1469 and survived damage in both World Wars.
Eddy Van 3000 said:
It's still there ! flic.kr/p/bZhuz