Leyden - Marekerk

Farther west from Meermansburg, in Lange Mare (a former gracht, now filled in), stands the Marekerk, built between 1638 and 1648 by the city architect, Arent van 's Gravenzande. This was the first church built for the Reformed faith. The church, on an octagonal ground-plan, has a narrower upper part topped by a dome. It has a fine pulpit of 1647 and an organ of 1733 which was originally in St Pieterskerk. The sandstone doorway was the work of Jacob van Campen (1669).