Middelburg - Kloveniersdoelen

From the Markt the Langeviele runs southwest to the Achter de Houttuinen gracht, on which is the Kloveniersdoelen, built between 1607 and 1611 in Flemish Renaissance style as the headquarters of a marksmen's guild (a klovenier was a long musket). Until 1798 the building was occupied by the Van den Bus marksmen's guild, and thereafter it was for many years a military hospital. In 1735 the tower was destroyed when it was struck by lightning; it was rebuilt more than two centuries later, in 1969. The Kloveniersdoelen is now occupied by the Center for New Music (a college of music and music library).