< 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
VEERE, a town 'in the province, of Zeeland, Holland, on the island of Walcheren, 4 m. N.N.E. of Middelburg, with which it is connected by canal (1867~72). It contains several interesting architectural remains of the days of its former prosperity, many of its quaintly gabled old houses dating from the 16th century. There is a fine Gothic church dating from 1348, but subsequently in part destroyed and used- for' secular purposes; the town hall (1475) has a fine gable filled with sculpture, 'and 'contains' some interesting antiquities.
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