Show ault louvain I 1 had a look at the nov noi much talked of 0 LouN loain aln quite a old place nith v uh its magnificent hotel de alle nille crowded in ba b the impressive Impress iNe church in the center ot of the jovn and its in ili numerable other old gran gra churches nith long sloping roots the place a perfect nest of nuns and friars the vere mere lined nith the high nalls nails and closed Ain NIn dons of consent after consent and huge cl usters clusters of monas teries vere in ere on the hills about the tonn town n man nery ery newl nevyl built and modern and the town aas seething with black blach robed priests and brennn bare tooted footed monks and coped nuns nung this nas the great roman catholic center here some of the monastic orders hane hae their chief establishments tiie the library librae of the university so ruthlessly destroyed des troied contained a col lection of church documents A glimpse of belgium before the war isabel andeeson An deison in national maga zine |