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298 Route 36. DOMBURG. From London
is the Zeewwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen (Pl. 5, 6, 2; open
daily, except Sat., 10-1 and 3-6, on Sun. and holidays, 12-5;
adm. 26 c.)
The Society possesses an interesting collection of Roman and other anti-
quities (altar of the 3rd cent., from Dombu g, dedicated to the godé
Nehalennia); a portrait of De Ruyter by Ferd. Bol, and various remini
cences of the great admiral; the earliest telescupes, invented and made
in Middelburg about 1608 by Hans Lipperhey or Zach. Jansen; Zeeland
coins; maps, plans, and drawings relating to Zeeland (Zelandia illus-
trata’); the furniture of a room in an {8th cent. Zeeland house; and a com-
plete collection of the fauna and flora of Zeeland.
The old Bastions (bolwerken), encircled by the Vest, are now
used as a promenade. In summer a band often plays on the Molen-
water (Pl. C, D, 1); and concerts are given in the Buitentuin
(Pl. B, C, 1) to which strangers are admitted. — Other objects of
interest are the Dry Dock (Droogdok; Pl. D, 2) on the Dam, com-
pleted in 1876; the house on the Dwars Quay known as ‘De Steen-
rots’ (Pl. D, I , a Renaissance building of 1590: and the Koepoort
(Bl. 2; D, 4), reconstructed in 1773, the only remaining one of the
cight town-zates.
__ From Mipber G To Dompure, 10!/2 M., steam-tram
(May to the end of ept.) in 4 br. Starting at the Blauw yk (Pl. D, 4)
the tramway rons via) Koudeke (junction of the tramw ay to Flushing,
see below) and Westkapelve (2000 inhab.), with the largest dykes in Holland
(p. xxxvii) and an old Gothic tower now used a lighthouse.
Domburg. — Horets. *Bad-Holel (open June to Sept. incl.), 55 R. at
2'/o-4 fl. incl. B., déj. 11/s, D. 21/4-2'/2, pens. 5-8 fl., with garden and restaur-
trand-Hotel (open July & Aug. only), 35 R. at 2'/2-4 fl. incl. B., déj. 11/4,
Yo
in summer
pens. 5 tl.; Hot. de V Europe, 44 R. from 11/4, B. Yo, D. 21/4 fl. ;
of, 25 R. from 1 fl. 20 ¢., B. 70 c., déj. 11/4, D. 13/4, pens. 41/2 fl, —
in the village 14-17 fl. per week. — Several Pensio — Sea-bath
beach-chair 10.c.; admission to the bathing-pavilion c.
Domburg is a small and still somewhat primitive bathing-place.
easant walks in the neighbourhood: to Duinvliet, the Chdteau of West-
n (formerly the summer residence of the abbots of Middelburg), Duinbeek,
Berkenbosch, Zeeduin, Overduin, Schoon-Oord, etc.
On the N. coast of the island of Walcheren, 31/2 M. from Middelburg
lies the ancient and decayed town of Veere (Hotel Roland; Camp hi
Toren, with view), much frequented by artists, with a fine Gothic Chur
of 1348, a graceful ‘Stadsfontein’ or water-tank of 1551; and numerou
quaint old houses, such a3 ‘Het Lammetje’ and ‘Het Struis’, both dati
from 1500. On the facade of the Town Hal, which was built about 1470
by Ant. Keldermans the Elder, are statuettes of lords of Veere and their
wives (ca. 1530); in the interior are some valuable antiquities, includ
the enamelled and chased ‘Goblet of Maximilian’ (16th cent.). A lord of
Veere, or Campvere, having married a daughter of James I. of S
in 1414, the town became the t
various privileges down to 1795,
been restored.
_ The Steam Tramway from Middelburg to Flushing (see p. 295), start-
ing at the market-place (Pl. B. 3), passes the village of Souburg. A statue
was erected here in 1872 to Philip van Marnix (d. 1598; p. 4103), the
famous author and statesman, who was lord of the manor.
61/5 M. Arnemuiden ;
at of a Scottish (rading factory enjoying
The Scots House, long the staple, has
the ancient harbour, of importance in the
The train crosses Het Sloe, an
by an embankment connecting the islands of
16th cent., is now under tillage.
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