Academic building

Year 1910. 26-08-1910. Address: Rapenburg 73. Meeting with Freud. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). As a reward of their brave restistance against the Spanish, Willem van Oranje gave the city the right to have a university in 1575. The motto of the university was: Praesidium Libertatis, “bastion of freedom”. The university was financed with the money of […]

1910 Hotel Du Lion d’Or

Year 1910. 26-08-1910. Address: Breestraat 24, Bree Street 24. Hotel of Gustav Mahler in Leiden (Dutch: Hotel De Gouden Leeuw). No receipt from the hotel left. Meeting with Freud. Leiden, Hotel Du Lion d’Or. Leiden, Hotel Du Lion d’Or. Leiden, Hotel Du Lion d’Or. Leiden, Hotel Du Lion d’Or. leiden, Hotel Du Lion d’Or. leiden, Hotel Du Lion d’Or. Leiden, Hotel Du Lion d’Or. […]

Gustav Mahler meeting Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) Appointment Analysis In 1910, the end of August, finally, Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) and Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) were able to meet, in In den Vergulden Turk in Leiden, just before Freud was leaving for Sicily. Three times before, Mahler had made an appointment with Freud, but three times, at the last moment, he had cancelled it. Talk […]

Hortus Botanicus

Year 1910. 26-08-1910. Botanical Gardens. Address: Rapenburg 73. Meeting with Freud. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). The hortus botanicus is a botanical celebration right in the heart of Leiden. It is the oldest botanical garden in the Netherlands. Plants from all over the world have been carefully cultivated here by experts for more than four centuries. Originally founded […]

Rapenburg

Year 1910. 26-08-1910. Meeting with Freud. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). Large Avenue. The Rapenburg is Leiden’s most beautiful city canal. It is lined with the loveliest ‘gentlemen’s houses’ and 18th century geographers once elected it the most beautiful place in the world. Number 73: Academic building and Hortus Botanicus. Leiden, Rapenburg. Leiden, Rapenburg. Leiden, Rapenburg. 2016. Leiden, Rapenburg.

Bree Street

Year 1910. 26-08-1910. Address in Dutch: Breestraat Leiden (Leyden). Mainstreet in 1910. Breestraat 24: Hotel Gustav Mahler : Hotel Du Lion d’Or. Breestraat 84: Meeting point with Sigmund Freud: In den Vergulden Turk. See also: Meeting with Freud. 1910. Leiden, Leyden, Bree Street. Leiden, Bree Street. Leiden, Bree Street. Leiden, Bree Street. Leiden, Bree Street. 2016. Leiden, Bree Street. . 2016. Leiden, Bree Street. 2016. […]

1909 Hotel Le Vieux Doelen

Doelen. Year 1909 02-10-1909 Address: Tournooiveld 6 Resting place between the trip from Amsterdam to The Hague and the 1909 Concert The Hague 02-10-1909 – Symphony No. 7 concert. Hotel “De Oude Doelen” was a the hotel in which conferees stayed. It was for centuries the fanciest hotel in The Hague. The most famous guest were Czar Peter […]

Czar Peter House

Year 1903. 21-10-1903. The Czar Peter House (Dutch: Czaar Peter huisje) is a historical building in Zaandam, the Netherlands. It is best known as the place where Czar Peter I of Russia resided in 1697 during his Grand Embassy. The building was constructed in 1632. Year 1903. Czar Peter House. Postcard of Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951) to his wife Mathilde […]