Leyden
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- Names
Leiden
Leyden
Leythen
Lugdunum Batavorum
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located at confluence of Oude Rijn & Nieuwe Rijn Rivers. Was a holding of the Utrecht diocese in the10th century and the city grew around the12th century castle. Ruled by the count of Holland until 1420. The Elzevir family established a printing press here and it became a printing center in the 16th century. Site of the oldest university in Holland founded in 1575. The Pilgrims lived her for 11 years before sailing to America in 1620.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Cassell's French Dictionary (1981); Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998); GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989); NGA/NIMA database (2003-); Phaidon Art Guide: Holland (1987); Times Atlas of the World (1992); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
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