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Leiden University

Leiden University, located in the city of Leiden, is the oldest university in the Netherlands. The university was founded in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, leader of the Dutch Revolt in the Eighty Years' War. The Dutch Royal Family and Leiden University still have a close relationship; Queens Juliana and Beatrix and crown-prince Willem-Alexander were former students. Leiden University has six faculties, over 50 departments and enjoys an outstanding international reputation.

Located at 52.1561, 4.48695 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Leiden University, Universities in the Netherlands, Buildings and structures in Leiden, Coimbra Group, Educational institutions established in the 1570s, 1575 establishments

Leiden Observatory

Leiden Observatory (Sterrewacht Leiden in Dutch) is an astronomical observatory in the city of Leiden, Netherlands. It was established by Leiden University in 1633, to house the quadrant of Snellius, and is the oldest operating University observatory in the world (before this, astronomy taught at medieval universities tended to be of a more theoretical nature, and any observations were usually done with private equipment rather than at University observatories —see this timeline).

Located at 52.155, 4.485 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Astronomical observatories in the Netherlands, Leiden University, Astronomy institutes and departments, Buildings and structures in Leiden

Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies

The Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies at Leiden was founded in 1851. Its objective is the advancement of the study of the anthropology, linguistics, social sciences, and history of Southeast Asia, the Pacific Area, and the Caribbean. Special emphasis is laid on the former Dutch colonies of Indonesia, Suriname, and the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.

Located at 52.1583, 4.4825 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Research institutes in the Netherlands, Leiden University, Anthropological research institutes, Organisations based in the Netherlands with royal patronage, World Digital Library partners, Caribbean studies, Organisations based in South Holland, 1851 establishments in the Netherlands, Organizations established in 1851

Hortus Botanicus Leiden

The Hortus botanicus of Leiden is the oldest botanical garden of the Netherlands, and one of the oldest in the world. It is located in the southwestern part of the historical centre of the city, between the Academy building and the Leiden Observatory.

Located at 52.1561, 4.48417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Botanical gardens in the Netherlands, Visitor attractions in South Holland, Leiden University, Buildings and structures in Leiden

Museum Boerhaave

Museum Boerhaave is a museum of the history of science and medicine, based in Leiden, the Netherlands. The museum hosts a collection of historical scientific instruments from all disciplines, but mainly from medicine, physics, and astronomy. The museum is located in a building that was originally a convent in central Leiden. It includes a reconstructed traditional anatomical theatre.

Located at 52.1614, 4.48889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Museums in Leiden, Science museums in the Netherlands

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

The Rijksmuseum van Oudheden is the national archaeological museum of the Netherlands. It is located in Leiden. The Museum grew out of the collection of Leiden University and still closely co-operates with its Faculty of Archaeology. The museum calls itself the national center for archaeology, and focuses on ancient Egypt, the ancient Near East, the classical world of Greece, Etruria and Rome and the early (prehistoric, Roman and Medieval) Netherlands.

Located at 52.1583, 4.48583 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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1743 establishments, Archaeological museums in the Netherlands, National museums of the Netherlands, Museums in Leiden, Egyptological collections, Museums of Ancient Greece, Museums of Ancient Rome

Bonaventura College Burggravenlaan

Bonaventura College Burggravenlaan is one of four secondary schools that make up the Bonaventura College in Leiden, Netherlands. The name "Burggravenlaan" is derived from the street in which the school is based. The school offers education at vmbo-tl, havo and vwo level. The school is officially noted as Roman catholic. Bonaventuracollege Burggravenlaan currently consists of two buildings; the original and a new building built on the schoolyard in 2001.

Located at 52.1548, 4.5079 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Schools in the Netherlands

Vrije en Lage Boekhorst

Vrije en Lage Boekhorst ("Free and Low Boekhorst") is a former municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. It was located to the west of the hamlet of Zevenhuizen in the present municipality of Alkemade. The municipality existed between 1817 and 1855, when it became part of Alkemade. The area used to be a separate manor, but it was added in 1812 to the municipality of Noordwijkerhout as an exclave, even though that village lay almost 10 km away.

Located at 52.1958, 4.55 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Former municipalities of South Holland

Zijlpoort (Leiden)

Zijlpoort is a city gate in Leiden, The Netherlands. The gate was built in 1667 in the classical style according to a design by the Leiden architect Willem van der Helm and with sculpture by Rombout Verhulst. Because the gates have to connect with the city wall as well as with a bridge, the building is in the form of a parallelogram. Together with the Morspoort, the Zijlpoort is the only one of the original eight gates that survive. The name refers to the nearby river, the Zijl.

Located at 52.1617, 4.50417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Gates in the Netherlands, Buildings and structures in Leiden, Buildings and structures completed in 1667

Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie

The Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie (National Museum of Natural History) was a museum on the Rapenburg in Leiden, The Netherlands. It was founded in 1820 by Royal Decree from a merger of several existing collections. This happened on the initiative of Coenraad Jacob Temminck, who saw the museum primarily as a research institute for the University of Leiden.

Located at 52.1583, 4.48583 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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1984 disestablishments, Defunct museums in the Netherlands, Museums established in 1820, National museums of the Netherlands, Natural history museums in the Netherlands, Museums in Leiden, 1820 establishments in the Netherlands, Rijksmonuments in Leiden

Pieterskerk, Leiden

The Pieterskerk is a late-Gothic church in Leiden dedicated to Saint Peter. It is best known today as the church of the Pilgrim Fathers where John Robinson was buried.

Located at 52.1575, 4.48778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Churches in the Netherlands, Rijksmonuments in Leiden, Churches in South Holland

Bibliotheca Thysiana

The Bibliotheca Thysiana was erected in 1655 to house the book collection of the lawyer Johannes Thysius (1621–1653). Upon his early death, he left a legacy of 20,000 guilders for the building of a public library ("tot publycque dienst der studie") with a custodian's dwelling. Designed by the architect Arent van ‘s-Gravensande, the building follows the Dutch Classical style and is regarded as one of the jewels of Dutch 17th century architecture.

Located at 52.1592, 4.48444 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Academic libraries, Research libraries, Public libraries, Leiden University, Libraries in the Netherlands, Buildings and structures completed in 1655, Library buildings completed in the 17th century, Buildings and structures in Leiden

Vrouwekerk

The Vrouwekerk ("Lady's Church") or Vrouwenkerk ("Ladies' Church"), originally known as the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk ("Church of Our Lady"), was a 14th-Century church in the Dutch city of Leiden. In the early 17th Century, the church was attended by the Pilgrims (who left Leiden to settle in Plymouth Colony) as well as by the first colonists to settle on Manhattan.

Located at 52.1608, 4.48972 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Archaeological sites in the Netherlands, Churches in the Netherlands, Rijksmonuments in Leiden, 14th-century architecture, Churches in South Holland

Leiden American Pilgrim Museum

The Leiden American Pilgrim Museum is a small museum in the Dutch city of Leiden dedicated to the Pilgrim Fathers (or simply Pilgrims). These Separatists or English Dissenters were religious refugees who had fled England to Amsterdam in 1608 and moved to Leiden the next year. They lived and worked in that city for about 12 to 20 years. In 1620, their emigration began.

Located at 52.1577, 4.49363 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Museums in Leiden, History museums in the Netherlands

Museum De Lakenhal

Museum De Lakenhal is a city museum of fine arts in Leiden, the Netherlands. The museum hosts a collection of altarpieces and religious artifacts from before the Protestant Revolution that were formally ceded to the state in 1572, but it is mainly of interest for its collection of fijnschilder paintings from the Dutch Golden Age.

Located at 52.1631, 4.4875 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Museums in Leiden, Museums established in 1874, Art museums and galleries in the Netherlands

Hooglandse Kerk

Hooglandse Kerk is a Gothic church in Leiden dating from the fifteenth century. The brick church is dedicated to St. Pancras and today serves parishioners of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.

Located at 52.1581, 4.49417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Brick Gothic, Church architecture

Weigh House (Leiden)

The Leiden Weigh House (De Waag in Dutch) is a Rijksmonument located on Aalmarkt street (nr. 21). It was designed by Pieter Post around 1657 and opened in 1659. For centuries, merchants came here to weigh and trade a variety of goods. In addition to being a weigh house, the Leiden Weigh House has hosted a variety of engagements and stately celebrations over the centuries. Notably, Govert Bidloo converted an attic room into an autopsy room to study the human body.

Located at 52.1594, 4.4904 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Rijksmonuments in Leiden, Buildings and structures in Leiden

Groenoordhallen

Groenoordhallen was a building in Leiden, Netherlands. It was used for concerts and conventions, but one of its main sources of revenue was the cattle market. The closure of that market in 2005 led to its demise. In 2010, the building was demolished; homes and offices are to be built in its place, with bricks and other elements retained from the original structure.

Located at 52.1697, 4.49417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Leiden

Burcht van Leiden

The burcht van Leiden is an old Shell keep in Leiden constructed in the 11th century. It is located at the spot where two tributaries of the Rhine come together, the Leidse Rijn, and another river, now a canal. The structure is on top of a motte, and is today a public park.

Located at 52.1589, 4.49222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Castles in the Netherlands, Buildings and structures in Leiden, Rijksmonuments in Leiden

Gemeenlandshuis van Rijnland

The Gemeenlandshuis van Rijnland on the Breestraat in Leiden is the oldest Gemeenlandshuis of the Netherlands that kept its function until the current century. Currently, it is still in use by the Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland, but only for meetings and special occasions. Their day-to-day seat of water management is housed today on the Archimedesweg in Leiden.

Located at 52.1593, 4.4885 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Waterschapshuis, Rijksmonuments in Leiden, History of Leiden

Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden

Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden is a gymnasium in the Netherlands. Located in Leiden, it is one of the oldest schools in the Netherlands. Its history dates back to the Middle Ages. The Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden is the biggest independent gymnasium in the Netherlands, with over 1,600 pupils (in 2011).

Located at 52.1525, 4.50611 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Schools in the Netherlands, Gymnasiums in the Netherlands, Educational institutions established in the 13th century

Marekerk

The Marekerk is a Protestant church in Leiden, located at the Lange Mare and the Oude Vest canal. The church can be easily seen from the Oude Vest and the Burcht van Leiden by its round dome.

Located at 52.1619, 4.49056 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Leiden, Rijksmonuments in Leiden, Churches in South Holland

Oudt Leyden

Oudt Leyden is a restaurant located in Leiden in the Netherlands. It is a fine dining restaurant turned pancake-restaurant, that was awarded one Michelin star in the period 1957-1979 and 1985-1989. Oudt Leyden is one of the founders of Alliance Gastronomique Neerlandaise. In 1967, owner was S.M. Borgerding.

Located at 52.1622, 4.48456 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Restaurants in the Netherlands, Michelin Guide starred restaurants in the Netherlands

Hol Maren

Hol Maren is a mansion in Oegstgeest, Netherlands on the Haarlemmertrekvaart, 21. The mansion was built in 1892 and was designed by the architect Hendrik Jesse (1860-1943) for the landowner and river fish trader Johannes Spaargaren. The mansion is shaped as a block in old Dutch style with elements from the Dutch neorenaissance, such as decorative arcs above the windows on the ground floor. The garden has the characteristics of a park. Hol Maren is a municipal monument since 1991.

Located at 52.1826, 4.48949 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Houses in the Netherlands

SieboldHuis

The SieboldHuis (Siebold House) is a museum located at the Rapenburg in Leiden, Netherlands. It displays items that were collected by Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) between 1823 and 1829 during his stay at Dejima, the Dutch trade colony nearby Nagasaki in Japan. It also functions as a museum of Japanese culture. Siebold was highly interested in all aspects of Japanese nature and culture, and as such his collection is very diverse.

Located at 52.1597, 4.48472 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Museums in Leiden, Museums of Japanese art, Museums of Japanese culture