HOTljr, DE VIIvLE, OR TOWN HALL, OF LOUVAIN, Bi^LGIUM 



A very rich and beautiful example of late Gothic architecture, resembling, but surpassing 

 in elegance and harmony of design, the town halls of Brussels, Ghent, and Bruges. It was 

 erected in IJ47-1463 by Matthew de Layens. The three fagades are lavishly enriched with 

 sculptures of persons prominent in the history of the city. Cable dispatches state that this 

 wonderful building escaped unharmed in the recent destruction of the city of Louvain. 



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