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Leiden Church Spire Against Deep Blue Sky

4 May 2025 · Leiden

The Pieterskerk tower rises over Leiden in clean verticals — red brick base, white balustrade, and an octagonal spire that spirals to a weather vane against open sky. The framing is simple: green summer foliage at the bottom edge, deep blue above, and the geometry of four centuries of Dutch church architecture holding the centre. Historic weight and graphic line in the same structure, neither softened by the other.

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