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[[Image:Sluis in de Vliet bij Leidschendam.jpg|thumb|right|Lock at [[Leidschendam]].]]
The '''Vliet''' is a river in [[the Netherlands]], in the province of [[South Holland]].
The channel was dug in [[47 AD]] under command of [[roman empire|Roman]] general [[Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo|Corbulo]].
In the [[Middle Ages]] the Vliet was an important link between the [[Oude Rijn]] and the [[Meuse river|Meuse]], which attracted all kinds of trade in [[Holland]].<ref>http://www.genietvandevliet.nl/</ref> Windmills have been constructed alongside the Vliet, including the completely renovated mill 'De salamander' in [[Leidschendam]]. The Vliet area was particularly attractive among richer families.
Nowadays the Vliet has been [[River engineering#Canalization of rivers|canalised]] and streams from [[Leiden]], via [[Voorschoten]], [[Leidschendam]], [[Voorburg]], [[The Hague]], [[Rijswijk]], [[Delft]] and [[Schiedam]] to [[Rotterdam]].
[[Category:Rivers of the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta]]
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[[nl: Vliet (Zuid-Holland)]]
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