There's only one date you should know: 1425.
It's when the University of Leuven was established.
Soon after its foundation, four pedagogies were established:
the Pig, the Fortress, the Lily and the Falcon.
Hi ladies, are you familiar with this building?
Yes, I studied here. –Yeah, I have exams there sometimes.
What about the history of it?
I know something. – A little bit.
Did you know there were four pedagogies scattered around Leuven?
Can you name them?
– This is one, so the Falcon.
You have one of them. – You have the Pig
That's another one. – The Lily and the Fortress.
That's all of them, you got it!
At the University of Leuven colleges were
originally buildings designed to house students.
On the other hand, pedagogies were teaching institutions
where students attended classes for the Artes; their general education.
Today, college De Valk accommodates the Faculty of Law
and houses one of the largest law libraries in Europe.
It's the only remaining pedagogy in Leuven.
Between the lines of De Valk's motto,
you can still read a little rivalry between the colleges:
'Volitat super omnia Falco'; Latin for 'the Falcon soars over everything'.
Law students are fortunate to study here,
I mean, have you seen how amazing this building is?