GRAVENSTEEN:

This was the residence of the Counts of Holland around 1200, before they moved their residence to The Hague. It later became a prison and presently is part of the Law School of the University of Leiden. Many Protestants, including the father of Burgomaster Pieter van der Werff, a Mennonite minister, were martyred here under the Inquisition. At the time it was illegal to sing psalms in public.

To the left of the Gravensteen is a short alley called the