Leiden, Netherlands

Academy Building, Leiden University

Academy Building, Leiden University, Leiden

The ceremonial heart of Leiden University, the oldest in the Netherlands, founded in 1575 to honour the city's resistance to a Spanish siege. Housed in a former convent church on the Rapenburg, it still hosts graduations and doctoral defences.

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Location

Coordinates: 52.1569, 4.4853

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