Leuven Gate

Leuven Gate
Porte de Louvain (French) Leuvensepoort (Dutch)
Part of the second city walls of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
The Leuven Gate at the end of the 18th century
Site information
Type	City gate
Location
Leuven Gate Location within Brussels Show map of Brussels Leuven Gate Leuven Gate (Belgium) Show map of Belgium
Coordinates	50°50′53″N4°22′6″E / 50.84806°N 4.36833°E / 50.84806; 4.36833
Site history
Materials	Stone

The Leuven Gate (French : Porte de Louvain; Dutch : Leuvensepoort) was one of the medieval city gates of the second walls of Brussels, Belgium. ^[1]

See also

• Belgium portal

• Halle Gate, a part of the 14th-century city wall protecting Brussels
• History of Brussels
• Belgium in the long nineteenth century

References

Citations

1. "L'ancienne Porte de Louvain / Musée de la Ville de Bruxelles - Maison du Roi – Inventaire du patrimoine mobilier". collections.heritage.brussels (in French). Retrieved 24 July 2024.

Bibliography

• Demey, Thierry (2013). Bruxelles, des remparts aux boulevards (in French). Brussels: Badeaux. ISBN   978-2-930609-02-7.
• Eggericx, Laure; Van Quorie, Christine (1998). Les Boulevards extérieurs de la Place Rogier à la Porte de Hal. Bruxelles, ville d'Art et d'Histoire (in French). Vol. 22. Brussels: Centre d'information, de Documentation et d'Etude du Patrimoine.

External links

• Media related to Leuven city gate (Brussels) at Wikimedia Commons