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The tapestries and draperies of Tournai belong to the great Flemish school of tapestry and Tournai was part of the Flemish Hansa of London, which also included the draper towns of Flanders. The Church of St. Brice, dedicated to Saint Britius, is one of the first examples of the hallekerk style, so typical of the Flemish countryside.
Tournai was the site of a dramatic liberation during World War I, in 1918. The German Sixth Army moved its headquarters from Lille to Tournai in September 1918, destroying bridges and setting up a lookout point at Tournai's famous belltower. Many of its residents evacuated. Following British shelling that fall, British troops retook Tournai. [3]
Douzelage. Agros, Cyprus; Altea, Spain; Asikkala, Finland; Bad Kötzting, Germany; Bellagio, Italy; Bundoran, Ireland; Chojna, Poland; Granville, France; Holstebro ...
LOCI is a component of UCLouvain's Science and Technology Sector (SST). [3] Its headquarters and the dean's office are located in Louvain-la-Neuve, in buildings shared with the Louvain School of Engineering, though the majority of its students, staff, teaching and activity take place on the UCLouvain Brussels Saint-Gilles and UCLouvain Tournai campuses.
The Princess of Epinoy statue, a bronze statue made in 1863 by the sculptor Aimable Dutrieux in honour of Marie-Christine de Lalaing, who defended the city against Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, in 1581. Panoramic view of the Grand-Place. From left to right: the Cloth Hall, the Rue des Maux, the Princess of Epinoy statue and the Church of St ...
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La maison, sur soubassement à refends, s'élève sur deux niveaux de quatre travées. Le rez-de-chaussée est percé d'une porte à linteau clavé droit et de baies similaires à celles de l’étage, dotées de châssis à petits-bois (dont l’une est murée) et séparées par des trumeaux simples (au rez-de-chaussée) et doubles (à l ...
Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai is a metropolitan area in Europe around the transborder agglomeration of the French city of Lille, and the Belgian cities Kortrijk and Tournai. It covers the local regions Lille Métropole , south-eastern West Flanders (4 districts) and Wallonie Picarde (3 districts), 147 municipalities in total.