The 14th century Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk in Leiden, The Netherlands, is on the verge of permanent, irreversible destruction. Aided and abetted by the giant, multi-billion dollar companies Fortis and ABN/AMRO, the scandal-plagued Leiden city government is intent on replacing this ancient monument with a shopping mall. With what can perhaps be best described as "ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity", a coordinated effort to convince the public that the Vrouwekerk ruins are of no particular historical importance continues. Some of us quite disagree..
Read the false claims by Leiden Officials
...Alderman Alexander Pechtold announced that in their
opinion, "the Vrouwekerk has nothing to do with the topic of setting up a
Pilgrim information center"... read more.. 
This is a Nov. 19, 1999 file picture of American Jeremy Bangs, director of the Pilgrim Museum pointing at the remnants of the Church of Our Lady, during a tour in Leiden, Netherlands Nov. 19, 1999. The Council of State on Wednesday Jan. 24, 2001, made public its decision rejecting an appeal against the planned bulldozing of a remnant of the 14th century church where the Pilgrims once prayed. (AP Photo/fls/Peter Dejong)
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