Editing Leiden (section)

=== Churches ===

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The chief of Leiden's numerous churches are the [[Hooglandse Kerk]] (or the church of [[Pancras of Rome|St Pancras]], built in the 15th century and containing a monument to Pieter Adriaansz. van der Werff) and the ''[[Pieterskerk, Leiden|Pieterskerk]]'' (church of [[St Peter]] (1315)) with monuments to [[Joseph Justus Scaliger|Scaliger]], [[Boerhaave]] and other scholars. From a historical perspective the [[Marekerk]] is interesting too. [[Arent van 's Gravesande]] designed that church in 1639. Other fine examples of his work in Leiden are in the ''[[Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal]]'' (the municipal museum of fine arts), and the ''[[Leiden University Library#Bibliotheca Thysiana|Bibliotheca Thysiana]]''. The growing city needed another church and the [[Marekerk]] was the first Protestant church to be built in Leiden (and in Holland) after the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]]. It is an example of [[Classicism|Dutch Classicism]]. In the drawings by Van 's Gravesande the [[pulpit]] is the centrepiece of the church. The pulpit is modelled after the one in the ''[[Nieuwe Kerk (Haarlem)|Nieuwe Kerk]]'' at Haarlem (designed by [[Jacob van Campen]]). The building was first used in 1650, and is still in use. The [[Heilige Lodewijkkerk]] is first catholic church in Leiden that was built after the Reformation. This church was given to the Catholics after the gunpowder explosion in 1807, which killed 150 inhabitants and destroyed a large part of the city centre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lodewijkparochie.nl/kerk/katholiek-kerk-leiden |title=Historie Kerk |language=nl |work=lodewijkparochie.nl |access-date=9 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222111709/http://www.lodewijkparochie.nl/kerk/katholiek-kerk-leiden |archive-date=22 December 2015}}</ref><ref>Hein van Woerden (eindred.): Lodewijk in Leiden. Geschiedenis van kerk en orgel. Leiden, Parochie van de Heilige Lodewijk, 2005.</ref> The 'Waalse Kerk' (Breestraat 63) was originally part of the Katharina Hospital. In 1584 it became the church of Protestant refugees from the Southern Netherlands (Brugge) and France. Later churches in the centre include the [[St. Joseph, Leiden|St. Joseph]] in [[expressionism|expressionistic]] style.