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dral also contains the tombstone OF
Christopher Plantin, who was com
PEELED nine times to ransom his print
ing establishment, that is still intact
in the Plantin museum, in the south
western quarter of old Antwerp. The
stained glass Of Notre Dame is com
paratively modern, owing to the out
RACES of the IconOclasts. Its tower,
rising to a height of more than four
hundred feet, is a prominent feature
for miles in a fiat country. In the
Place Verte, before the cathedral,
there is a bronze statue of Rubens.
The organ of the cathedral is the
largest in all Belgium.
So many are the interesting old
buildings of Antwerp and the number
of treasures contained in them that
the barest outline of them can be
given here. Besides the cathedral and
the Musee Plantin there are the Hotel
de Vile, the Royal museum and the
churches of st. Paul, St. Jacques, st.
Andrew and st, Augustine, erected in
the fifteenth, sixteenth and seven
teenth centuries. The Royal museum,
while modern in structure, has been
the home of so many art treasures
that it has become n Of the best.
known buildings in the world. Tho
collection OF old masters numbers
more than eight hundred priceless
paintings, of which the most nOtewor-
thy are the works by Rubens, Titan,
Van Dyck, Van Eyck, Matsys, De Vos,
Frans Halls, Van der Weyden and
Hans Holbein.
Ancient Hotel de Vile.
The Hotel de Vile, built toward the
end of the sixteenth century by Cor
nelius de Vriendt. was DESTROYED in
part by the Spaniards during the
Spanish Fury of 1856, when more than
six thousand citizens were put to the
sword. and the Antwerp ~burghers
were hanged by dozens in various
parts of the town. The building was
restored in 1881, and since then has
been unframed. In it are the burgo-
masters room, with its beautifully
carved chimney piece and various val.
liable paintings that depict the his
toric events of the city. In the Sallo
des Marriages, the Sale du Conseil,
the Sale Leys and the Sale du Milice
are other interesting paintings and
sculptures, among them a significant
subject by GOdding, who shows Bur
gomaster van Straelen on his way to
execution after having been subjected
to the cruelest forms of torture at the
duke of Alva's orders.
On the Grand place. where the Ho.
tel de Vile is located, are also the
homes of those ~forerunners of the Ia
Dor unions the trade guilds. These
organizations built their permanent
Offices, If they were to be called such
in the sixteenth and seventeenth cen.
The various guilds represent
on the square are the coopers, arch
ers, clothiers and carpenters. On the
same square there is the birthplace Of
Van Dyck.
The earliest mention of Antwerp is
in the fifth century, when it was in
as one OF the towns of Ger
many. When the Mortimer engaged
in their raids they sailed up the
Scheldt and stormed the town. At the
of the Crusaders the town formed
of the principal bulwarks of the
Germans against the counts of Elan
ters, and its first claim to historic
prominence vas under the margravi
ate OF Godfrey de Bouillon in the
century. Three hundred
years later Edward III of England
the town his temporary head
quarters.
1t "a not until the decline o.
3ruges that Antwerp rose to its height
II wealth and prosperity. When tn,
Netherlands were able to secure con
rol OF the bulk OF the trade from
cities and central Europe.
he rich men OF Antwerp became
the world over.