Village Life in Holland and Belgium, 2006

Part 3: Middelburg

Monday 2006-05-08 we were in Middelburg. In the range 1200..1500 it was a major trading center and a big abbey was founded; a second prosperous period ranged from 1650 to 1800.

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Touring Middelburg

Old housing in Middelburg, still in use	Old housing in Middelburg, still in use (with Jim)	Jim watches as our tour group cuts through the old city wall	Canal terminus. Once Middelburg was a great port. Some of the bricks date to the 1500s.
The canal terminus is now used by ducks.	Residential street	The Middelburg town hall, dated 1582	The Slave Trade memorial
Middelburg historical museum	Mixture of old, middle and new architecture in a mixed commercial-residential zone	Our tour guide holds forth

The Old Abbey in Middelburg

Entrance plaque to the abbey in Middelburg	Entrance to the Abbey	The old abbey is being restored, used as government buildings	Old abbey courtyard
Vaulted ceiling inside the abbey. So where do you put the electrical raceway?	List of the abbots, from 1123 to 1573 when the Protestants confiscated it	The old organ pipe assembly	Jesus appearing to the Disciples
Tomb of Johan and Cornelis Everisen (must have been rich)	Waiting area of town council meeting hall	Organ pipe assembly in the small chapel	Pews and pulpit of the small chapel
Abbey's clock tower	Middelburg town hall	Town hall's tower	Flea market is setting up. Internet café is to the right of the canopies.
Ships like this brought wealth to Middelburg in the 16th century	Gaggle of non-smiling faces. The cabinet and contents are a gift from Middelburg's sister city in Japan.

Copyright © 2006 by James F. Carter.