Pieterskerk

The Pieterskerk is a late-Gothic Dutch Protestant church in dedicated to Saint Peter. It is known today as the church of the Pilgrim Fathers, where the pastor John Robinson was buried. It is also the burial place of the scientist Willebrord Snellius.
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  • Opening hours: 11:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Protestant
  • Description: church in Leiden
  • Also known as: “Pieterskerk, Leiden”
  • Address: Pieterskerkhof 1A, Leiden, 2311SP
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rijksmuseum van Oudheden and Pilgrim Museum Leiden.

Museum
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The is the national archaeological of the , located in . It grew out of the collection of Leiden University and still closely co-operates with its Faculty of Archaeology. is situated 180 metres northwest of Pieterskerk.

Museum
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The is a small museum in , dedicated to the Pilgrims who sailed to the New World on the Mayflower. It was founded in 1997 by American historian Jeremy Bangs.

Garden
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is a garden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pieterswijk and Binnenstad.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Pieterskerk

Latitude
52.15762° or 52° 9′ 27″ north
Longitude
4.48785° or 4° 29′ 16″ east
Inception
1425
Open location code
9F465F5Q+24
Open­Street­Map ID
way 52966906
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­protestant
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q1537972
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Pieterskerk” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Pieterskerk”
  • Armenian: “Պիտերսկերկ”
  • Asturian: “ilesia de San Pedru”
  • Belarusian: “Царква Святога Пятра ў Лейдэне”
  • Catalan: “Pieterskerk”
  • Chinese: “彼得教堂”
  • Czech: “kostel svatého Petra”
  • Danish: “Pieterskerk”
  • Dutch: “Pieterskerk (Leiden)”
  • Dutch: “Pieterskerk”
  • Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 25446”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه بيترسكيرك”
  • Faroese: “Pieterskerk”
  • French: “église Saint-Pierre de Leyde”
  • French: “Église Saint-Pierre de Leyde”
  • French: “Pieterskerk”
  • German: “Pieterskerk (Leiden)”
  • German: “Pieterskerk”
  • Greek: “ναός του Αποστόλου Πέτρου στο Λέιντεν”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית פיטר”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di San Pietro (Leida)”
  • Italian: “chiesa di San Pietro”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di San Pietro”
  • Japanese: “ライデン・ピーテル教会”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pieterskerk”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pieterskerk”
  • Portuguese: “Pieterskerk”
  • Romanian: “Pieterskerk”
  • Slovenian: “Pieterskerk”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de San Pedro”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Pedro”
  • Swedish: “Pieterskerk”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Святого Петра (Лейден)”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Святого Петра”

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Notable Places Nearby

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