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Pages in category "History of Leiden" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A 1690 map of Leiden, showing the bastion fort structure of outer moat and city walls. Within that a ring of narrow canals form the Binnenvestgracht. The binnenvestgracht was a system of canals that formed part of the fortifications of the Dutch city of Leiden in the early modern period. [1] [2]
Tabula Peutingeriana (section of a modern facsimile), top to bottom: Dalmatian coast, Adriatic Sea, southern Italy, Sicily, African Mediterranean coast. Tabula Peutingeriana (Latin for 'The Peutinger Map'), also referred to as Peutinger's Tabula, [1] Peutinger tables [2] or Peutinger Table, is an illustrated itinerarium (ancient Roman road map) showing the layout of the cursus publicus, the ...
Image title: Leiden; Author: GMS: ISO speed rating: 100: Date and time of data generation: 13:30, 7 October 2010: Credit/Provider: Fotocollectie Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie: Source: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie PO Box 90701 2509 LS Den Haag The Netherlands +31 70-3165836 nimh@mindef.nl: Headline: Foto Technische ...
Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659 – Leiden, August 1733) was a Dutch publisher best known for preparing maps and atlases, though he also printed pirated editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated volumes. He also printed many maps that were often out of print, which he reissued. [1]
The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Leiden, Netherlands This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (English: National Museum of Antiquities) 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.
Brittenburg, according to Ortelius Roman road visible from the highway near Valkenburg, South Holland. Brittenburg was a Roman ruin site west of Leiden between Katwijk aan Zee and Noordwijk aan Zee, presumably identical to the even older Celtic Lugdunum fortress. [1]