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The courtyard of the Hôtel de Ville. Ferdinand, Count of Flanders gave the aldermen of Douai a charter in September 1228, but it was not until at least a century later that an ancient town hall was actually erected. [2] The oldest part of the current complex is the belfry, construction of which began in 1380.
The Bibliothèque municipale de Douai, now known as Bibliothèque Marceline Desbordes-Valmore ( named after the Douai-born poet Marceline Desbordes-Valmore) is a library located in Douai, France. Founded in 1767, it was bombed on August 11, 1944. [1] The library reopened in 1955, in a new building designed by the architect Maurice Coasnes. [2]
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Douai became the seat of the Parliament of Flanders . The local airfield at La Brayelle was very significant in the history of French aviation. It operated from 1907 to the mid-1950s. In 1909 it was the site of the world's first aeronautical meeting, [6] Douai was again caught up in hostilities in World War I.
Au cirque, le peintre et le saltimbanque, shown at the Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai 9 April-18 July 2004. Commissariat Général : Françoise Baligand & Zéev Gourarier. Catalogue : Au cirque, le peintre et le saltimbanque, collectif, Musée de la Chartreuse, Douai - Somogy Éditions d'Art, Paris (2004). ISBN 2-85056-736-1.
Cahier de doléances of Saint-Louis, Senegal (1789). The Cahiers de doléances (French pronunciation: [kaje də dɔleɑ̃s]; or simply Cahiers as they were often known) were the lists of grievances drawn up by each of the three Estates in France, between January and April 1789, the year in which the French Revolution began.
However, the college did see opposition from the university and town, with all the English at Douai expelled in 1578 and the college finding a temporary base at Rheims. [3] The College did hold onto the house at Douai, however, and returned to it in 1593 (though without Allen, who had been called to reside in Rome, where he died on 16 October ...
Carriers below the giant couple in front of the town hall Gayant and Marie Cagenon Family of Gayant of Douai (1780) by Louis Joseph Watteau in Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai. Gayants in 1910. Gayant is a processional giant that symbolizes the city of Douai. It is carried through the city for three days each year at the beginning of July as ...