Street View Bergen Op Zoom With Old Prison Gate Editorial Image

The Netherlands, Province of North Brabant, City, Bergen op Zoom: In the street Lievevrouwestraat is the old medieval city gate the Gevangenpoort of Lievevrouwepoort, the oldest monument of Bergen op Zoom. The gate dates from the fourteenth, 14th century and formed part of the fortress wall. The building has two robust towers. Today, this fortification is being used as a museum for the archaeological foundation `In den Scherminckel`. In the street with shops and restaurants, men and women walk on the sidewalk, drive a van, take two men with shopping bags from a car, a painter and glass washer at work, a man walks in a cycling outfit from his house to go cycling on his race bike, bike, and parked on the street side cars.