Abdij van t' Park

Southeast of Leuven lies the Premonstratensian Abdij t' Park, founded by Gottfried the Bearded in 1129; today most of the buildings date from the 16th and 18th C. The visitor is taken through two gateways and a long entrance, past the watermill and the estate to the courtyard of the prelate's house. The tour continues to the former abbots' palace, the chapter house with its mixture of Gothic and Renaissance styles, the library and the refectory, which both have fine stucco reliefs. The monastery church is of 12/13th C. origin, being redesigned in the 17/18th C.