Leidseplein, jaren zestig

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Leidseplein, 60s. Leidseplein (“Leiden Square”), together with Dam Square, Rembrandt Square, is one of the most famous squares in the city of Amsterdam, known as the place of entertainment and nightlife in the center of the capital of the Netherlands. It is located in the southwest of the city center , got its name from Leidsepoort, a huge city gate, demolished in 1862, along the road connecting the capital with Leiden. On the left is the wall of Hotel American. Street organ. In Holland of the 15th century, such tools were a complex stationary structure operating with the help of hydraulics, weights or a clockwork mechanism. In the XVIII-XIX centuries. various barrel organs were often used in English churches where hymns and psalms were played. Usually a barrel organ is called a mechanical organ of stray musicians, a portable instrument that performs 6-8 melodies when the handle is rotated.