| Photo-album Leiden |
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Click at the following photo's to enlarge. |
 14 juli 2000
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Leiden not just a cityThe city Leiden characterized itself by the typical old-Dutch sphere.Leiden has, after Amsterdam the largest old innercity of Holland filled with numerous canals and thousands of monuments. In the native town of Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Jan van Goyen, de Zangeres zonder Naam and many other famous celebrities ther are stil little cosy shopping-quarters, a dozen almshouses and beautiful churches. In the 13 musea lies more than the half of the Dutch cultural and national heritage to be seen. Shopping is lovely in the authentic atmosphere, after which a visit to one of the many little terraces is an outing itself. Next to the other possibilities Leiden offers for going out. |
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| Mill The Valk is a stellingkorenmolen and build in 1743. Nowaday it's a millmuseum. Open: Thueday t/m Saterday 10-17 uur. Sundays and holidays 13 -17 uur. Monday closed. |
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During the time Leiden was surrounded by a citywall It counted 10 citygates. According as the city expanded the citywall become senseless
and in the 19e century most of the wall where demolished. Only two Citygates are preserved. Above the Morspoort. The Jean Pesijnhof is one of the 35 almshouses in Leiden. Most of them are hired by seniors or to accommodate students. |
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In the Weddesteeg Rembrandt van Rijn was born in 1606. His parents and grand-parents owned several mills in this area. Rembrandt lived and worked the first 26 year of his life in Leiden. He was educated at the Latijnse School (see photo) and, though he was subscribe to the university, his choice was painter and where teached by the Leidse painter Isaac Swanenburgh. After the Relief of Leiden in 1574 in Leiden an university was founded (see photo). An unit of it was the botanical garden, which was since 1593 set up by the scholar Clusius. He came from Vienna and carried a small flower bulb which he planted here in Leiden. So in the spring of 1594 the first tulip shows its beauty in West-Europe. |
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