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Sources and images

The water that freed Leiden stayed behind on the land

Sources

• Canon of the Netherlands: the Rijnland countryside and the relief
• Dutch Centre for Intangible Heritage: Leidens Ontzet (the Relief of Leiden)

Image credits

• Simon Fokke, The Relief of Leiden, 1574, print from 1782–1784. Rijksmuseum, CC0. A later depiction of the event.

  File and provenance · Rijksmuseum · CC0

  Resized and converted to WebP; no changes to the content.

• Map of the siege of Leiden by Joost Janszoon Bilhamer, copied by T. Reets in 1717. Public domain.

  File and provenance · Bilhamer, Joost Janszoon and copied by Reets, T. · Public domain

  Resized and converted to WebP; no changes to the content.

Holland Magazine editorial team · 26 September 2026