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the inside of a library with many tables and bookshelves filled with people sitting at their desks

The University Library on the Ladeuzeplein was built by the American architect Whitney Warren. It was a gift from the American people to Leuven after World War I during which the Germans burned down the original library, causing much outroar in the USA. The tower houses one of the largest carillons in the world. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven/Louvain University, Belgium) * The historic university founded in 1425 in Leuven, Belgium and split in 1968 into two successor institutions or…

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people sitting at tables in a library with many books on the shelves and stairs to the second floor

The wooden interiors of the reading room of KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven). The reading room, designed by Belgian architect Henry Lacoste, bustles with carved ornamentation that reflects its creator’s distinctive aesthetic vision. 🎟️ entry fee 2 euro or combo ticket 8 euro if you also want to climb the Library tower 📍 Monseigneur Ladeuzeplein 21, 3000 Leuven ©️ @myprettybelgium

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The Librarianologist | You NEED to See Belgium's Jaw-Dropping University Library | Facebook

You NEED to See Belgium's Jaw-Dropping University Library! The KU Leuven University Library has risen from the ashes of two world wars, and let me tell...

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people sitting at tables in a library with bookshelves and stairs leading up to them

Inside the Phoenix The main reading room of the KU Leuven University Library, which has been rebuilt by the Allies (under the impulsion of H. Hoover) after the Germans torched its 14th century predecessor during WWI.

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there is a statue in the middle of this square with people walking around and buildings behind it

Fonske is a sculpture from the center of the university town of Leuven . Its full name is Fons Sapientiae , or "source of wisdom" in Latin. The work of the sculptor Jer Claerhout , is offered to the municipality for the 550 th anniversary of the Catholic University of Louvain in 1975.

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