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  • Pesthuis - Farther west of the Musuem of Ethnology is the Pesthuis, built in 1658 to house plague victims. Until a few years ago... More
  • National Museum of Ethnology - Near the Valk windmill, at Steenstraat 1, is the National Museum of Ethnology (Rijksmuseum voor... More
  • Stadstimmerwerf - On the other side of the Rhine (here known as the Galgewater, "Gallows Water"), on the left, is the... More
  • Morspoort - At the end of Morsstraat stands the handsome Morspoort (with drawbridge), one of the two surviving fortified town... More
  • Boerhaave Museum - At Agnietenstraat 10 the Boerhaave Museum on the history of science and medicine was reopened in new premises... More
  • Municipal Museum - On the north side of the Oude Vest, at Oude Singel 32, is the Municipal Museum, housed in the Lakenhal (Cloth... More
  • Marekerk - Farther west from Meermansburg, in Lange Mare (a former gracht, now filled in), stands the Marekerk, built between 163... More
  • Meermansburg-Pijpenkabinet - At Oude Vest 159 is the Meermansburg (1683), Leiden's largest group of almshouses (30 in number),... More
  • Zijlpoort - North of the Museum of Geology and Mineralogy the Kerkbrug, a 19th century cast-iron bascule bridge, crosses the Oude... More
  • Bibliotheca Thysiana - At Rapenburg 8 is the Bibliotheca Thysiana, an important library housed in a handsome building erected by... More



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