The mid-15th century City Hall or Stadhuis in the Grote Markt at Leuven in Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium, is a masterpiece of Brabantine Late Gothic architecture. The end gables closing its steep-pitched roof flanked by flamboyant octagonal turrets and the numerous canopied niches are filled with statues, added after 1850.


Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium: the City Hall or Stadhuis, which has stood in the city’s Grote Markt since the mid-15th century, is a masterpiece of Brabantine Late Gothic architecture, with the end gables closing its steep-pitched roof flanked by flamboyant octagonal turrets. Canopied niches are filled with numerous statues, added after 1850.


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Location: Grote Markt, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium.
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
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