Church of San Pedro de Louvain

The church is located in the imposing Grote Markt (the main market square of the city), just across from the ornate City Hall. Built mainly in the fifteenth century Brabant Gothic style, the floor planof the church is in the shape of a Latin cross with a low belltower that was never finished. The first church on the site, was made of wood and, it is thought, founded in 986, was burned downin 1176, and was replaced by a Romanesque church, made of stone, with the western end flanked by two round towers, as seen in the style Basilica of Our Lady in Maastricht . Of the Romanesque building the only part remaining is the crypt beneath the gate of the church today.