This 15C Flamboyant Gothic building needs to be studied from a distance to appreciate its vertical lines; like an elegantly chiselled stone reliquary. The niches were given new statues in the 19C. Inside, several works by Constantin Meunier are exhib..

Sint Pieterskerk houses this museum stacked with masterpieces, including the Last Supper altarpiece by Dirk Bouts (1467), a small copy of the Descent from the Cross by Van der Weyden (1440) and an outstanding 13C wooden Head of Christ called &q..

Originally, this Beguine convent (founded c 1230) included the district near the church. It was extended to 6 ha in the 17C and is the largest Beguine convent in Belgium. It was purchased by the university in 1962 and now accommodates students and le..

This 15C Brabant Gothic church was intended to have three towers but remained unfinished on account of unstable ground. The interior is outstanding because of the pure lines of the Gothic nave, with huge pillars rising to the vault in a single swee..

This museum, in the Vander Kelen-Mertens family mansion, displays a rich collection of sculptures, paintings and artifacts. Note ancient terracotta items, 11C sculptures ( Sedes Sapientiae ), 15C and 16C paintings (many from Brabant artists), 19C pai..

This library was built in 1927, near the Vander Kelen-Mertens Museum, after the original one was destroyed in 1914. It is a huge neo-Gothic building topped by a tower imitating the one on the Seville Giralda and was restored after a fire in 1940.

St Gertrude's Church has retained a fine tower, topped by an openwork stone spire, built in the mid-15C by Van Ruysbroek, the architect of Brussels City Hall. Inside, note the interesting 16C wooden choir stalls carved with biblical scenes.

This street includes the 17C St Michielskerk and university colleges of Universiteitshalle (University Hall) or Pauscollege (Pope's College). Universiteitshalle, a former cloth hall, has belonged to the University since 1432. A Gothic-style flo..