Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve: Monuments & Sights

Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve: Monuments & Sights

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Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve: Monuments & Sights

Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Walloon Region 1341, Belgium

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One city, two urban centers
Just 40 minutes by train from central Brussels, located in the heart of the young Walloon province of Brabant with a population of about 30,000, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve is a unique town, made up of two urban centers with very different origins and characteristics.

Originally a rural community, Ottignies would be used to accommodate the Francophone section of the Catholic University of Louvain. Thus, in 1971, not just a university site was created, but a whole new town in East Ottiginies was also created -- Louvain-la-Neuve.

Pedestrian, multicultural, friendly…
The cultural center of Brabant Walloon, Ottiginies-Louvain-la-Neuve is always bustling with life and projects. It offers the charm of the countryside with the advantages of a city with its accessibility, museums, theater, concert halls, shops…as well as the user-friendy open-air markets, pedestrian streets, and signposted trails.

A listed heritage
“Old stone” enthusiasts can stroll the old communities. A 16th century castle and 17th century church in Ottignies, a magnificent Roman church with an exceptional crypt in Mousty, and a 12th century dungeon in Céroux are among the highlights to visit.

Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve has exceptional heritage sites, some dating back to the Middle Ages, of which the main example is the Moriensart Tower in Céroux.

At least five remarkable churches and old farms are scattered here and there. The farms are often transformed into exhibit or meeting places like the Douaire Farm in Ottignies and the Biéreau Farm in Louvain-la-Neuve.

The few castles of the city, including the famous Castle of Ottignies and Castle of Limelette, complete this old stone landscape with an ever present charm.

To visit these sights, you will need either a car or public transportation to get from the center of Ottignies to the center of Louvain-la-Neuve and car to get to some of the points in the outskirts.

For more information about Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve beyond this PocketSights tour, don't hesitate to contact the official tourism office.

Tourism Office-Inforville
Place de l’Université 1, Galerie des Halles
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Tel: +32 (0) 10 47 47 47
Fax: +32 (0) 10 47 35 31
Email: info@tourisme-olln.be
Web: http://www.tourisme-olln.be/en/home.html


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Our Lady of Mousty Church Notre Dame of Mousty is a romanesque church located in Mousty, a section of the Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve commune.  It was possibly built on the site (or nearby) a Gallo-Roman villa. The current church -- a churc... Read more
  Douaire Farm The Douaire Farm is an old Brabant farm transformed into a cultural and recreational space. In 1640 there was already talk of the "House and tenure du Douaire" which belonged to the Lords of Limelette. A locality since the e... Read more
The City Hall Building was built in 1881.  The left wing housed the school for boys (Ecole des garçons), the right wing, the school for girls (Ecole des filles) with the central main entrance being for the main city hall offices and serv... Read more
Although this site is private property and not open to the public, you can still see the tower from the Avenue des Combattants. The Château of Ottignies is a 17th century château and sits on a hill at a height that overlooks St Remy's Chu... Read more
The foundation of the parish is prior to 1213, as evidenced by a charter the same year. With a classic style, the current Saint Remy's Chursh was built in 1785, replacing an older church that had been devastated by a fire in 1726. A calami... Read more
Between the presbytery and the church stands the war monument in bluestone by sculptor Victor DE HAEN -- a commemorative pillar to the fallen soldiers from Ottignies.  It is made up of a triangular column on stages, crowned with a firepot ... Read more
Located to the left of the church, facing the Château of Ottignies, the presbytery, built in 1785-1786, is a long rectangular bay house composed of two parts, counting respectively four and six bays. Its entrance door has a molded frame d... Read more
The Château Moriensart, located in Céroux-Mousty, a village of the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, is a Belgian plain château whose origins can be traced back to the first half of the 13th century. Although private property a... Read more
Baron Auguste Lambermont was an important figure in Ottignies in the 19th century, both locally and nationally. Minister of State, Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs during the reign of Leopold I, he negotiated the purchase of to... Read more
St. Géry's church is a neo-Romanesque church located in Limelette. Historique The parish of Limelette was incorporated in the 15th century.  It originally depended on the church of Our Lady of Mousty and separated from it in 1521. A class... Read more
The Saint-Jean des Bois Estate includes none other than the current Castle of Limelette, which opened its doors in 1987. The Baroness Crombez had an exotic, Anglo-Norman style château built at the height of the Saint-Jean des Bois territo... Read more
Biéreau Farm The Biéreau farm  is located in the oldest part of Louvain-la-Neuve in the southern part of the town. History The Biéreau Farm, long ago called Bierwart farm (meaning "beautiful view" from the Wallon "bia" meaning "beautifu... Read more
The Musée Hergé, or Hergé Museum, is a museum in Belgium dedicated to the life and work of the Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi (1907–83), who wrote under the pen name Hergé (derived from the inverse of his initials “RG”), creator ... Read more
The Musée L is located at the heart of the liberal arts college of Louvain-la-Neuve. With permanent and temporary exhibits, the museum has an educational and research role.   The university context explains the diversity of its collecti... Read more

 

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