Burcht van Leiden

The Burcht van Leiden is an antique shell preserve in Leiden built within the 11th century. It is positioned at the spot wherein two tributaries of the Rhine come collectively, the Oude Rijn and the Nieuwe Rijn. The structure is on top of a motte, and is nowadays a public park. From humble beginnings, the hill became raised throughout diverse intervals of records up to nine meters above the surrounding landscape in the eleventh century. Ada van Holland used the preserve as a residence till her father died in 1203 and he or she changed into captured through her uncle. In the identical 12 months the preceding stone constructing became rebuilt after an attack at the fort, with tuff stone, and after Ada's removal,

in 1204 it changed into attacked again and rebuilt with brick. Later within the 13th century the building become taken into consideration antiquated, considering the fact that increasingly more townspeople and homes had been built across the base of the hill, making defenses not possible with out destroying most of the town.