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sacristy are interesting also. The key of the church (fee 30-50 c.)
is kept at the adjoining Cowvent des Soeurs Apostolines, who have a
lace-making school.
The Church of St. Anne (Pl. D, 4), close by, was built about
1500 and reconstructed in the baroque style in 1607-12. The church,
which is remarkable for the well-preserved and uniform adornment
of its interior, has carved wooden panelling and confessionals of
1699, a pulpit of 1675, a rood-loft of 1642, and pictures by the
elder Van Oost and others (sacristan, Rue Courte des Ménétriers 10).
On our way back to the centre of the town we may visit, if time
allows, the Muskz DE De MopERNE, in the Athenée Royal
(P1. D, 4; adm., see p. 24), containing works by J. B. Suvée, Th.
Fourmois, Jos. Coosemans, P. J. Clays, and others.
Damme, a village 3 M. to the N.E. of Bruges, on the canal leading to
Sluis (co ODS “93 « amboat, see p. 24), was once the port of Bruges
and forti but has been in a state of decadence since the beginning
of the owing to the silting up of the Zoyn, an arm of the
sea, ried up in 1872, The late-Gothic Town Hail, with its
interesting portal, was built in 1464-68 and restored in 1895; in front of
the pare g 8 a statue of the Flemish poet Jacob de Coster van Maer'lant
(ca. 1235- 9), H. Pickery (1860). The church of Note Dame, founded in
1180, but never comple sted, and much altered at later periods (now under
restoration). and the Hospital of St. John (containing a few paintings;
adm. Tues. & Thurs. 9-141 & 3-5, free) merit inspection. There is a
good Estaminet in the town-hall. — From Damme we may proceed on
foot or by steamboat to Sluis and return to Bruges via Heyst and Blan-
kenberghe; comp. p. 28.
4, The Railways of §.W. Flanders.
2 lines serve sO Many
is extremely slow. The flat
small stations that the speed of the trains
ricultural district traversed by them presents
the usual Flemish charac ics. The towns of this part of Flanders are
n0 dull and lif s, but more than one of them has had a stirring past.
ivery lover of art will find much to interest him in Ypres, and the rood-
loft of Diamude (p. 47), the cloth-hall of Wieuport (p. 48), and various
edifices of Furnes (p. 49) also deserve a visit.
1. From Ostpnp ro Yrres, 36 M., railway in 13/4-24/, hrs.
(fares 5 fr. 50, 3 fr. 70, 2 fr. 20. ue Stations: Snaeskerke, Ghistelle
(Hotel de l'Europe; frequently pice from Ostend), Moere, Herneg-
hem, Ichteghem, and Wynendaele (see below).
15/9 M. Thourout, Flem. Thorhout (72 ft.; Hot. de Flandre;
Hot. de V Union), a town with 10,600 inhab., derives its name from
a grove once consecrated here to the worship of the Germanic god
Thor. It contains a handsome church with double aisles, and is the
junction of the line from BTUges to Courtrai (p. 50).
About 11/2 M. to the W. is the castle of Wynendaele, a good example
of a medieval fortification, once the property of the Counts of Flanders,
now belonging to M. Mathic u of Brussels, and well restored,
20 M. Cortemarck, the junction for the Ghent and Dunkirk
line (p. 47). — Then St. Joseph, Staden, Westroosebeke, Poelcapelle,
Langemarck, Boesinghe. Fertile district. |
