Weigh House, Leyden: Overall view, with surrounding buildings

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posted on 2017-07-05, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie

A Rijksmonument located on Aalmarkt street, designed by Pieter Post around 1657 and opened in 1659. For centuries, merchants came here to weigh and trade a variety of goods. The facade sculpture depicting the scales is by Rombout Verhulst. The weigh house was in use as an actual weigh house until 1972. It is now a civic building for concerts and exhibits.

History

Alt Title

Waag, Leiden

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-07-05

Spatial Coverage

Leyden|+52.1594+4.4904|Leyden, South Holland, Netherlands

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Renaissance', 'Seventeenth century']

Rights Statement

To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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Weighhouses Architecture

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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