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252  WESTERN NE THERLANDS

Street-by-Street: Middelburg

Middelburg suffered heavy Nazi bombing in 1940.
A lot of what is to be seen in the town today has been
rebuilt, including the Stadhuis (town hall) and the
abbey. The town is still redolent with the atmosphere
of the Golden Age, an era during which the Dutch East
India Company thrived in the port area along the quay. . St-Jorisdoelen
This doelen, the guardsmen’s
Middelburg is a pretty town and there is plenty to be guild building, was built in
seen on a walk around the centre. Children will be 1582 and destroyed in 1940;
kept busy by Mini Mundi. the façade was rebuilt in 1969.

Zeeuws Archief, the archives of
the province, are now housed in a
historic monument, the van de Perre S T R A A T
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. Stadhuis
The 15th-century town hall was The fish market
completely destroyed by fire in already existed in 1559.
1940 and has been partially rebuilt. The passageway, with
A 20th-century extension can be its Tuscan pillars, dates
seen on the northern side. from 1830.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see p398 and pp411–12

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