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Leiden is a city in South Holland in the Netherlands. It has about 120,000 inhabitants and a very old university (Leiden University).


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  • Gem-Leiden-OpenTopo

    Topographic map of Leiden

  • Leiden-Windmill-DeValk

    Windmill museum De Valk

  • Veen01

    Relief of Leiden (1574), painting by Otto van Veen. Inundated meadows allow the Dutch fleet access to the Spanish infantry positions.

  • Herengracht (Leiden)

    17th-century houses along the Herengracht

  • Leiden, het stadhuis RM519571 en de Koornbrug RM25673 foto5 2017-06-11 10.44

    Town hall and bridge (de Koornbrug)

  • Schaap - Sijthoff

    The 1852 Sijthoff printing office, Leiden

  • Morspoort-Leiden

    Leiden's west gate, the Morspoort

  • Leiden, de Zijlpoort RM25667 foto7 2017-06-11 12.46

    Leiden's east gate, the Zijlpoort

  • Leiden at night Maresingel

    The Singel at night, showing the chimney of the Light Factory

  • Leiden Annexaties

    Leiden grew twelve-fold in size between 1896 and 1981, annexing land from neighboring municipalities.

  • Canal near Leiden, Netherlands - May 1978

    Canal near Leiden - May 1978

  • Hooglandse Kerk 1671

    Hooglandse Kerk, Leiden

  • Leiden, de Sint Lodewijkskerk RM25593 met de Groenebrug foto7 2017-06-11 11.01

    Sint Lodewijkskerk

  • Leiden-Sterrewacht-2013-d

    The 1860 Leiden Observatory, after restoration (2013)

  • ErfgoedLeiden LEI001013140 Gezicht op de Waag aan de Aalmarkt

    De Waag (1900)

  • Leiden, ingang station Leiden Centraal foto10 2017-06-11 09.16

    Leiden, central railway station

  • Willem Thibaut - Willem van Henegouwen - Lakenhal

    William II, Count of Holland in the Lakenhal

  • Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 132

    Rembrandt van Rijn, ca.1655

  • Willem van de Velde II (1633-1707) - (by Lodewijk van der Helst, 1672)

    Willem van de Velde II, ca.1660)

  • Leoni Jansen 2

    Leoni Jansen, 2013

  • Herman Boerhaave by J Champan

    Herman Boerhaave

  • Johannes Diderik van der Waals

    Johannes Diderik van der Waals

  • Alfons Groenendijk (2017)

    Alfons Groenendijk, 2017

  • Kjeld Nuis (2018)

    Kjeld Nuis, 2018

  • Buurtpoesbledder

    Buurtpoes Bledder

  • Leiden Stadhuis plaque 2

    The poem on Leiden's Stadhuis

  • Langston Hughes - Danse Africaine - Nieuwe Rijn 46, Leiden

    Langston Hughes on a Leiden wall

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Leiden para niños

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