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👀Your first time in Belgium and you stand in front of the town hall of Löwen/Leuven , you don’t know whether to marvel or count - turrets, gables, figures, dormers. A firework of late Gothic, which achieves the greatest effect on the smallest scale. ⚒️ Built from 1439 and completed in the 15th Century, this masterpiece of Brabant Gothic shows what happens when a belfry fails - and love of detail triumphs. Instead of a mighty tower, Löwen got a treasure of ornaments: six dainty turrets and a fac