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FURNES. 4, Route. 49
52 M. Furnes. — Hotels. Hore: pz 1a Nosie-Rosz (in a Renaissance
house of 1572), Rue du Nord 11, R. 2-3, B. 1, déj. or D. 2'/23 fr.; Hor.
Royal, in market-place, R. 2-2'/2, B. 3/4, D. 2 fr.; Hor. DE L EUROPE,
5 I 1 fr., both at the station. — Café du Sport, in the
Tramways, see below.
are attracted to Furnes by the great Procession de Péni-
tence which I place here annually since the 12th cent. on the last
in Jul e story of the Passion and scenes from the Old Testa-
ramatically represented in Flemish on this occasion by groups
ume (begins at 4 p.m.; seat in the Hotel de Ville 1 fr.).
Furnes (18 ft.), Flem. Veurne, now a dull town with 6300 inhab.,
y formerly the capital of a lordship of the Counts of Flanders
(Veurne Ambacht), and contains some interesting Renaissance
buildings.
Turning to the right at the station then, after a few paces, to the
left, we cross the Nieuport Canal and reach the (7 min.) quaint old
*Grand’ Place, the chief attraction of the town. On the E. side, im-
mediately to our right, are the old Meat Market, a Renaissance struc-
ture of 1615 (now a theatre), and, to the left, the Gothic so-called
Pavillon Espagnol (13-14th cent.), the eatliest town-hall, restored
in 1890-95 for the reception of the municipal archives and Jibrary.
— On the W. side rises the Hétel de Ville, a Renaissance structure
of 1596-1612 by Lieven Lukas. It contains some interesting wall-
hangings of Spanish leather, a chimney-piece with representations
of still-life by Snyders (?, in the Salle des Mariages on the ground-
floor), and two carved doors (1623; in the Salle de Réception on the
first floor). Fee of 1/2 fr. to the concierge, who shows also the Palais
de Justice. — Adjacent is the old Chdtellenie, now the Palais de
Justice, built by Sylvanus Boulin in 1612- The antechamber
on the first floor he former meeting-place of the Inquisition ;
the main hall contains a painting by Alb. de Vriendt (d. 1900), re-
presenting Philippe le Bel swearing to observe the rights of Furnes
(1500); the adjoining chapel has a timber roof and good wood-
carvings in the choir. — The so-called Corps de Garde (now the
police-office), on the S. side of the market-place, is a Renais-
sance building of 4
To the N. of the Chatellenie rises the massive Belfry, with a
spire of 1624. The adjoining Church of St. Walburga is said to have
been originally founded by Baldwin of the Iron Arm (p. 25). The
present building was designed at the beginning of the 14th cent.
on so extensive a scale that only the choir, with its radiating
chapels, has been completed. It contains finely carved choir-stalls
of the beginning of the 17th cent. and a 15th cent. reliquary (in the
sacristy), — The interior of the Church of St, Nicholas, near the S.E.
corner of the market-place, a Gothic structure of the 14th cent., with
a huge unfinished tower, was thoroughly modernized in 1890-97.
Steam-tramways to La Panne and to Ostend (sce p. 16), starting opposite
the railway station. — Light railway to (25 M.) Poperinghe (p. 47). — Another
light railway runs to (19!/2M.) Ypres (p. 44), passing (81/2 M.) Wulveringhem
with the chateau of Beauvoorde, built in 1595-1617, and restored since 1875
2 fr.,
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