Leuven Gate

Former city gate in Brussels, Belgium

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

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Leuven Gate

Leuven Gate (Belgium)

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Coordinates| 50°50′53″N 4°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

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* Belgium portal

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

## References

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### Citations

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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

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* 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

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

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