leiden

The bridge is called the Korenbrug and still stands today (recently restored). The tower is that if Leiden City Hall.

Looking on to the Korenbrug at night.

'koren' in dutch is 'wheat' in english 'corn' would have been 'mais' in dutch. this is a common mistake but please relabel your text

The confusion goes back to the so-called Corn Laws in England in 1832, which actually regulated what Americans called "wheat." At that time, American corn (as in corn on cobs), or maize, was virtually unknown in England.

Incidentally, "cob," as in cobweb, was another name for a spider -- but that's a whole different can of worms . . . .

According to the OED, corn has meant seed or grain in English as far back as the 9th century, but it tends to refer to different grains in different regions.

"As a general term the word includes all the cereals, wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice, etc., and, with qualification (as black corn, pulse corn), is extended to leguminous plants, as pease, beans, etc., cultivated for food. Locally, the word, when not otherwise qualified, is often understood to denote that kind of cereal which is the leading crop of the district; hence in the greater part of England ‘corn’ is = wheat, in North Britain and Ireland = oats; in the U.S. the word, as short for Indian corn, is restricted to maize."

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Historical Gardens, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Van der Werff was the mayor of Leyden during the siege in 1573-1574. The park could be created because a powder ship exploded in 1807, devastating a large area of the city.

an animation of the gunpowder ship exploding... www.infofilm.nl/animaties/kruitramp/kruitramp.html

Streetview about the explosion see nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leidse_buskruitramp

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Around the World Cityscapes, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Photografica, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Ahh my old hometown...There is a V&D right next to this town hall and there is a bar too!! In Town HALL!!! They make great Mojitos!

The gable is the longest Renaissance gable in the Netherlands, the architect was Lieven de Key. Unfortunately the City Hall burnt down In 1929, only the gable was left standing. They built a new City Hall, but used the old gable.

Not much has changed in over 100 years...... [http://www.flickr.com/photos/61766673@N00/4793000924/]