Nothing remains of the church but broken fragments of walls and the ruined belfry. In the surrounding graveyard, among the broken tombstones, Belgian and French soldiers lie buried. Their graves were often devastated by the shells. In the same square stood the 14th-15th century =Cloth-Hall=, whose belfry was restored in recent times. Only a portion of the façade remains. _At the end of the Square, opposite the Markets, take Rue du Marché, then the first street on the right (Rue Longue). At the corner of these two streets is_ the =Hôtel-de-Ville= (in ruins) which used to contain portraits of the kings of Spain and the arch-dukes. _Continue to the end of Rue Longue, where, on the right, are_ the ruins of the =Templars' Tower=. The square donjon is all that remains of a commandery which formerly belonged to the Templars, and which was destroyed during the siege of 1383. Behind, are vestiges of the ancient city ramparts. _Return to the port by the first (very wide) street on the right, which leads to the Ostend Road Bridge across the Yser. To the right of the bridge are_ the =Nieuport locks= which served, during the War, to inundate the surrounding country, being opened at high water and closed at low water _(see photo, p. 50)_. [Illustration: +Lombartzyde. Avenue de la Reine, before the War+ _(Photo Nels.)_] =From Nieuport to Ostend.= _1½ kms. further on, the tourist reaches the site on which Lombartzyde used to stand_ (2 kms.); the scarcely visible ruins are now overrun with grass and weeds. A few huts and a wooden church have recently been built. [Illustration] Lombartzyde (the Lombards' Corner) owed its name and prosperity to the merchants and bankers, many of them Lombards, who settled there in the Middle-Ages. The town was, however, soon deserted in favour of Nieuport. Its large plain church, of no particular interest, contained a statue of the Virgin, much venerated by the fisher-people, who often visited it in the summer-time. Lombartzyde, formerly a sea-port, was later cut off from the sea by the Dunes, and Lombartzyde-Bains--the seaside portion of the town--grew up there. The steam-trams running between Nieuport and Ostend may be taken to reach it. [Illustration: +Lombartzyde. Avenue de la Reine, in 1919.+ _(See photo above.)_] [Illustration: +Lombartzyde. Graves and trenches on the site of the Church (entirely razed).+] Situated about 1 km. in front of Nieuport, on the right bank, Lombartzyde was occupied on September 15, 1914, by the advanced posts of the Belgian 2nd Division. In danger of being turned, it had to be abandoned on the 20th, at about 3 p.m., together with Groote-Bamburg Farm, likewise situated in front of Nieuport. For a short time the town was reoccupied by the French, but finally remained in German hands. Neither the attack on the Grande-Dune in December 1914, nor the Belgian advance to the outskirts of the town a little later, could drive the enemy out.