En un regard
Le château en bref
The Naamsepoort, originally called the Poorte te Hove ter Beke, was built around 1358 in the second city wall of Leuven. Taller than it was wide and of sober appearance, surrounded by a water-filled moat and crossed by a drawbridge (replaced by a stone bridge in the eighteenth century), it recalled two twin towers near the church of Saint Quentin. In 1572, the troops of William of Orange damaged it with straw, tar and gunpowder; the city paid a ransom of 16,000 florins. Repaired, it hosted the solemn entry of Don John of Austria in 1577. Demolished in stages in 1810, 1828 and 1870, it gave way to a ring road junction.