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Leiden A short walkThis story by mavenl has 12 pages.

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Caption: Leiden A short walk

Caption: Leiden is a city and municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 122,000. Leiden has historically been associated with the Roman outpost Lugdunum Batavorum. This particular castellum was however closer to the town of Katwijk, whereas the Roman settlement near modern-day Leiden was called Matilo.[6]

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Caption: A university city since 1575, Leiden houses Leiden University, the oldest university of the Netherlands, and Leiden University Medical Centre. It is twinned with Oxford, the location of England's oldest university.

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Caption: This is what we call a 'hofje' A hofje is a Dutch word for a courtyard with almshouses around it. They have existed since the Middle Ages.

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Caption: Pieterskerk

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