Louvain-la-Neuve
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Louvain-la-Neuve is a planned town in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Wallonia, Belgium, situated 30 km southeast of Brussels, in the province of Walloon Brabant. The town was built to
Main Square of Louvain-la-Neuve
Place Montesquieu
Place Cardinal Mercier
L'Esplanade shopping complex
The Catholic University of Leuven was one of Belgium's major universities. It split along linguistic lines after a period of civil unrest in 1967–68 commonly known as the Leuven Affair in French and F
Louvain-la-Neuve
…auditorium, a large cinema complex, and five museums, it is beginning to grow beyond its academic roots. Louvain-la-Neuve was born as a result of the Leuven Crisis, which led to the split of the Catholic University of Leuven. Following the elections prompted by this affair, the expansion of the French-speaking…
Flemish students and Gendarmes clash at Leuven in January 1968
The historic library of the Catholic University of Leuven, rebuilt after its destruction by the German Army in 1914, was a symbol of Belgian national identity