Eva van Hoogeveen Almshouse

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Doelensteeg 7
2311 CT Leiden
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Almshouse, founded in 1650 by Eva van Hoogeveen, of whom the Latin inscription above the gate says she was a “chaste virgin”. The elderly women living here were obliged to wash themselves at least once a month.

Almshouse, founded in 1650 by Eva van Hoogeveen, of whom the Latin inscription above the gate says she was a “chaste virgin”. The elderly women living here were obliged to wash themselves at least once a month.

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