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Welcome to the Fiesole Retreat in Leuven

Discover the rich history of Leuven, including famous scholars like Andreas Vesalius and Gerard Mercator, through the Fiesole Retreat. Learn about the prominent figures and events at the University Library and the impact of the library's splitting.

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Welcome to the Fiesole Retreat in Leuven

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  1. Welcome to the Fiesole Retreat in Leuven

  2. Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)Father of modern anatomy

  3. Cartographer The Mercator projection Gerard Mercator (1512-1594)

  4. Wandering humanist scholar Studied in Cologne and Leuven Taught in : Jena and Leiden Returned to Leuven for the last years Justus Lipsius (1547-1606)

  5. The first University Librarian 1636 Collier is no. 28 Valerius Andreas (1588-1655)

  6. The old University Library

  7. Burnt in the First World War

  8. The splitting of the library 1971-1980

  9. Cutting the cake

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