LATIJNSE SCHOOL (Latin School):

While the Pilgrims lived in Leiden, the Latin School prepared students for university study. Rembrandt was a pupil here. The school was founded in the middle ages to provide training for the boys choir of the Pieterskerk. The music sung before the Reformation was famous throughout Europe, and the church was visited by other choirs in the 16th century, including the choir of the cathedral of San Marco in Venice. The Latin School received a new facade in 1599. In the Schoolsteeg (School Alley) there was a Jesuit "hidden church" in Pilgrim times.

(Café Het Gerecht, across the street from the Latin School, serves a variety of Belgian beers, some of which are historically correct for Pilgrims. After the Saturday market people involved in the campaign to save Leiden’s historic sites often gather here. Say hello to Martin.)

Farther along the open square, on the left is the