Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Leiden, Netherlands

The chapel Onze Lieve Vrouw of the Holy Rosary is a modern, now traditionalist Catholic, church in the Dutch city of Leiden. The church was built in 1961 on behalf of the Apostolic Society. The church, located on Sumatrastraat in the Leidse district of De Kooi, is a design by A. Dekker and P. van der Sterre and is dedicated to Our Lady of the Rozenkrans. The church is served by the Priestbroederschap Sint Pius X, a traditional movement within the Catholic Church.

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The Blekerspark is a park in the Dutch city of Leiden.

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The Huigpark is a park in the Dutch city of Leiden.

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The Sint Janshof is a courtyard in the Dutch city of Leiden, in the province of South Holland. The courtyard is located on the Haarlemmerstraat. The Sint Janshof was founded in 1504 by order of Jan Stoop Kerstianzoon and his wife Claertgen. The courtyard was intended for decent people, who had fallen into disrepair due to adversity. The courtyard consisted of seven cottages for single women, six for married couples, a regent's room and a cottage that could be rented out for the benefit of the courtyard. In 1565, the heirs of the founders transferred the courtyard to Mr. Geraert van der Laen, who in the same year commissioned the construction of the new houses, the gatehouse and the regent's room. After his sudden death, the name of the courtyard was changed to the Sint Janshof or Van der Laenhofje.

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The Meermansburg on the Oude Singel / Oude Vest is the largest court in the Dutch city of Leiden. It was founded in 1680 by Maerten Meerman and his wife Helena Verburgh. The name is a contraction of the surnames of the founders.

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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.

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The Canal Guard is a citizens' initiative in Leiden that aims to keep the canal clean and to make people aware of the urban nature in and around the canals.

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The Groeneveld Foundation is one of the youngest courtyards in the Dutch city of Leiden. The courtyard is located on the Oude Vest near the Leidse Schouwburg. The courtyard was founded in 1878 by Eduard Cornelis Groeneveld and built in 1882.

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Museum De Lakenhal is the city museum of fine art and history in Leiden, Netherlands. One highlight is its collection of fijnschilder paintings from the Dutch Golden Age. Just like the city, the museum combines a classical appearance with a contemporary character. The broad collection ranges from early works by Rembrandt van Rijn and Lucas van Leyden's Last Judgement to modern classics of De Stijl and artworks created by contemporary artists such as Claudy Jongstra, Atelier van Lieshout and many others.

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The Sint Elisabeth Gasthuishof is a courtyard in the Dutch city of Leiden. The courtyard consists of twelve houses from the second quarter of the 17th century. Entrance to the courtyard is a striking gate with sandstone frame. The court is located in the former St. Elisabeth Gasthuis.

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The Coninckshof is one of the courtyards of the Dutch city of Leiden. The courtyard is located at Oude Vest 15. The courtyard was founded in 1773 and consecrated in 1777 by Cecilia Coninck. It stands partly on the grounds of the former Saint Ursula Monastery. Originally, the courtyard had six houses, but it was later expanded to seven houses. In 1861, four more houses were added. The courtyard is a national monument and has been registered in the monument register since 1968. The courtyard has a gatehouse, stone pump and regent's room.

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The Morspoort is the western city gate of Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, located on the Morssingel. The stone gate was built in 1669 in Mannerist style according to a design by the Leiden architect Willem van der Helm.

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Windmill De Put on the Galgewater in the Dutch city of Leiden is a 1987 replica of the post mill of Jan Jansenzoon Put.

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Pieter Loridanshof is a courtyard in the Dutch city of Leiden, at Oude Varkenmarkt 1. The courtyard was founded in 1655 by Pieter Loridan and consists of an entrance pavilion with regent's room and 12 houses. In 1950 the folding house was restored. Since 1968 it has had the status of a national monument.

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Japan Museum SieboldHuis is a museum located at the Rapenburg (Leiden) 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.

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The Gijselaarsbank is a symmetrical bench at the head of the Rapenburg in Leiden. The bench dates from 1920 and was built in honour of Nicolaas Charles de Gijselaar, who was mayor of Leiden between 1910 and 1927. During the First World War (1914-1918) he tried to reduce shortages of food, clothing and fuel and to distribute these goods fairly.

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The Groot Sionshof, or van Swietenhof, is a courtyard on the Sionsteeg in the city center of the Dutch city of Leiden. It was founded in 1480 by Hugo van Zwieten and Luydgaert Claesdochter van Bosschuyzen. In terms of foundation, it is the second oldest surviving courtyard in Leiden, but it is no longer on its original site: it was moved from the Papengracht to the Sionsteeg in 1668 due to dilapidatedness.

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Rijksmuseum Boerhaave is a museum of the history of science and medicine, based in Leiden, Netherlands. The museum hosts a collection of historical scientific instruments from all disciplines, but mainly from medicine, physics, and astronomy.

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The Hartebrugkerk is a church in the Dutch city of Leiden. The church is part of the Parish of Saints Peter and Paul. Its official name is Our Lady Immaculate Conception. The church is named after the bridge of the same name in front of it. Among the people of Leiden, the church is also known as the Coeliekerk, after the last word of the Latin motto above the entrance, Hic Domus Dei est et Porta Coeli.

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Klein Sionshof is a courtyard at Schoolsteeg 1-5 in the Dutch city of Leiden, in the province of South Holland. The courtyard has a sandstone gate, which is crowned by a pediment with an inscription about the foundation.

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Brouchovenhof is a courtyard located at Papengracht 16 in the Dutch city of Leiden. It was founded in 1631/1640, by Jacob Van Brouchoven. The cottages were later raised.

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

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The Latin School is a national monument in the city center of the Dutch city of Leiden. Rembrandt van Rijn, among others, was taught here.

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The Lokhorst Church is a religious building in the Pieterswijk in the city center of the city of Leiden in the Dutch province of South Holland. The combined Mennonite and Remonstrant congregations hold their worship services there. It is a national monument.

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The Jean Michelhof, also known as Jan Michielshof, is one of the 35 courtyards of the Dutch city of Leiden. The courtyard is located in the Pieterswijk right opposite the Lokhorst Church in the Pieterskerkstraat 10-12. The courtyard was founded in 1687 by Catharina Geschier, widow of Jan Michielsz.

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The Pieterskerk is a late-Gothic Dutch Protestant church in Leiden dedicated to Saint Peter. It is known today as the church of the Pilgrim Fathers, where the pastor John Robinson was buried. It is also the burial place of the scientist Willebrord Snellius.

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Jan Pesijnhof is a courtyard in the Dutch city of Leiden.

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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 old Leiden Observatory building.

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The Al Hijra Mosque is a mosque in the Dutch city of Leiden, which has been located at Rembrandtstraat 10 since about 1982. Because the building became too small for the Moroccan religious community, a new building was opened in 2018 on the Ter Haarkade. The name Al Hijra or Al Hijrah refers to the migration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622.

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d'Heesterboom is a sawmill in the Dutch city of Leiden. It belongs to the Top 100 of the National Monument Conservation Agency. The mill is located at the Noordman timber merchant on the Haagweg on a plot on the Oude Rijn/Galgewater. The mill has three saw frames. The middle window consists of a saw and scalloped frame.

Wikipedia: D'Heesterboom (NL)