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Title: Northern France : from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire, excluding Paris and its environs : handbook for travellers
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipzig : K. Baedeker New York : C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: PIMS - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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y uninteresting. From the Bassin du Commerce (PI. B,C, 4, 3) the Quai des HoUandais leads to the S. to the Arriere-Port,on the N.W. side of which lies the Bassin de la Marine. On theS.E. side is the Pare de la Marine (PI. B, 4, 5), the chief promen-ade of the inner town. Thence the street runs to the S., towardsthe railway-station, turning to the W. a little farther on and cross-ing a canal. To the N.E. of the Bassin du Commerce extends theouter harbour (comp. Plan). The chief trade of Dunkirk is in wood,grain, and wool. In the Rue de la Panne rises the church of St. John the Baptist(PL B, C, 4; 18th cent.), in which are a Christ by Van Dyck, aHoly Family by Guido Reni, and other interesting paintings. — Thechurch of St. Eloi (PL C, 4), a little to the E., a Gothic edifice ofthe 16th cent., has double aisles, but the whole nave has been undulyshortened by the removal of the first bays. The Belfry (1440), amassive square tower of brick , 295 ft. high, is now separated fromthe church.
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^^MT^TOepaT^a^i\pHH5e5en!eTpzi? DUNKIRK. 4. Route. 39 The Place Jean-Bart (PL C, 4), to the S., occupies the centreof the town. It is embellished with a bronze statue, by DaviddAngers, of Jean Bart (1651-1702), the famous sailor and pri-vateer of Dunkirk. The Rue des Vieux-Quartiers and then the RueRoyer, the third turning on the right, lead hence to the Theatreand the Musee. The Musee (PI. D, 4), on the site of a former convent, the gardenof which is now a promenade, is open to the public daily, exceptMon., 12-4 (Sun. 10-6), from June 15th to Oct. 15th, and on Sun.and Thurs., 12-4, during the rest of the year. Strangers may obtainaccess at other times. Room I. Models of ships, etc. — Room II, to the right. Medals, weapons,ethnographic and other collections. At the 4th window, to the right, Headof James II. of England, in wax, with the cap he wore on his death-bed.— Room III. Natural history collection. The next three rooms contain Paintings. — Room IV. To the right,123. Olaize,

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